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Sidney Gibson Ellis

In memory of:

Private Sidney Gibson Ellis

September 3, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

138193

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

3rd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

December 9, 1894

Son of the late Sidney G. and Jessie Ellis, of 2, Moneyton Quad., Rutherglen, Scotland; husband of Minnie Hay Templeton Ellis, of 91, Arlington Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

Commemorated on Page 83 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. C. 17.

Location:

Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of SIDNEY GIBSON ELLIS– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of SIDNEY GIBSON ELLIS – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Pte. Sidney G. Ellis is mentioned in this article about his brother-in-law. Pte. John Templeton, who enlisted twice under service numbers 109640 and 727858, survived the war.

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    Newspaper Clipping – Pte. Sidney G. Ellis is mentioned in this article about his brother-in-law. Pte. John Templeton, who enlisted twice under service numbers 109640 and 727858, survived the war.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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