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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
477195
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
January 1, 1893
Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
Enlistment:
August 25, 1915
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 9, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. B. 9.
Additional information
Son of Frank and Ellen Stevenson (formerly Cope), of Pyewipe, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.
Additional citations
London Gazette dated 6 January 1917, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Sydney James Cope
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Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Sidney James Cope was born in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Regiment at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on August 22nd, 1915. In honoured memory of a hero of Vimy Ridge. -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Grave Marker
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Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Sydney James Cope
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of Death -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney James Cope
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney James Cope
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney James Cope
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney James Cope
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney James Cope
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney James Cope
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney James Cope
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney James Cope
Digital gallery of
Private Sydney James Cope
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 220 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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