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Military service
Service number:
B/64309
Age:
27
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 28, 1917
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 22, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 6.
Additional information
Son of William and Pearl Ryan, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Priscilla Elsie Ryan, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Sidney Stephen Ryan
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Photo of Sidney Stephen Ryan
Rifleman Ryan enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 when the 1st Battalion was mobilised for overseas service. He served with the Regiment in Nfld, Sussex, NB and then in England. Rifleman Ryan was in Baker Company and was one of those KIA at Bernieres-sur-mer (Juno Beach) on D-Day. -
Newspaper clipping
This obituary of Rifleman Ryan was clipped from a Toronto paper in 1944 by Mrs Josie McQuade. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Rifleman Ryan's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron (QOR of C) at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery in June 1997. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Sidney Stephen Ryan
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Western Technical School
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sidney Stephen Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sidney Stephen Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sidney Stephen Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sidney Stephen Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sidney Stephen Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sidney Stephen Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sidney Stephen Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sidney Stephen Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sidney Stephen Ryan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 435 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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