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Military service
Service number:
195594
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
March 15, 1898
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Frederick and Frances May Legon, of 182, Sophia St., Peterboro', Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Sidney Frederick Legon
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Attestation Papers
Attestation Paper Source: Soldiers of the First World War-CEF. Library and Archives Canada. -
Attestation Papers
Attestation Paper Source: Soldiers of the First World War-CEF. Library and Archives Canada. -
Inscription
Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON, the brother of Private SIDNEY FREDERICK LEGON is presumed to have died, along with his crewmates Corporal CECIL GEORGE HEENEY, Flight Sergeant ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Pilot Officer KENNETH GEORGE SCHAEFER, Pilot Officer ALBERT WILLIAM RUNTE, and Flying Officer JAMES WILLIAM PAUL SKIDMORE on December 29, 1941, the day their aircraft went missing in Newfoundland. They are commemorated on these panels of the Ottawa Memorial, which contain the names of 30 members of the RCAF who died on active service during 1941 and who like Private Legon who is commemorated at the Vimy Memorial, have no known grave. Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON was born a year or so after his brother Sydney was killed and was 23 years old when he was killed. -
Newspaper clipping
Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON the brother of Private SIDNEY FREDERICK LEGON, Corporal CECIL GEORGE HEENEY, Flight Sergeant ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Pilot Officer KENNETH GEORGE SCHAEFER, Pilot Officer ALBERT WILLIAM RUNTE and Flying Officer JAMES WILLIAM PAUL SKIDMORE were reported as ¿Missing in Active Service¿ in Canada in the 151st Casualty List of the Royal Canadian Air Force published in the Globe & Mail on January 3, 1942, three days after their aircraft went missing. -
Newspaper clipping
Leading Aircraftman JOHN SYDNEY LEGON the brother of Private SIDNEY FREDERICK LEGON, Flight Sergeant ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Pilot Officer KENNETH GEORGE SCHAEFER, Pilot Officer ALBERT WILLIAM RUNTE and Flying Officer JAMES WILLIAM PAUL SKIDMORE were listed as ¿previously reported missing in Newfoundland now presumed dead¿, in the 336th Casualty List of the Royal Canadian Air Force published in the Globe & Mail on August 7, 1942. The name of Corporal CECIL GEORGE HEENEY who died along with these men, is missing from this list. He was listed as ¿previously reported missing in Newfoundland now presumed dead¿, in the 324th Casualty List of the Royal Canadian Air Force published in the Globe & Mail on July 24th, 1942. -
Ottawa Memorial
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Inscription
Dedicatory inscription at the Ottawa Memorial
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Frederick Legon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 274 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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