Private Sydney Heard
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1888-03-28
Place of birth: Bude Cornwall England
Name of next of kin: Alice Heard
Relationship of next of kin: Wife
Address of next of kin: 2 Bartlett Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Teamster
Occupation (normalized): Animal-Drawn Vehicle Driver (Road)
Address:
2 Bartlett Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Height: 70 inches
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-04-12
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), IV. C. 16. Buried near this spot
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 769530
Highest Rank:
Private
(124th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-10-10 to 1917-04-12
- Private, 124th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-01-03 to 1916-10-10
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed:
KIA at Vimy Ridge
Commemoration location: Titson Methodist Chapel Cemetery Marhamchurch Cornwall England
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 297194
LAC ID:
453671
Service file: B4213-S015
Uploader's Notes: Killed in Action during operations near Vimy he was killed instantly by an enemy high explosive shell that fell in close proximity to him
Uploader's Research notes:
Son of Joseph Heard and Emily Alberta Heard (nee Traverton); husband of Alice Jane Heard (nee Smith, later McKenzie) married September 19, 1911
124th Battalion Nominal Roll
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-07-25