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L/Cpl. · Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

John Sydney Allen Stoneham

† 24/05/1915 · aged 28 · Canada · Vimy Memorial

Personal data

NameStoneham
InitialsJ.S.A.
Christian nameJohn Sydney Allen
Country of serviceCanada
FamilySon of Emily Stoneham, of Claverham Cottage, Lyminster, Sussex, England, and the late S. D. Stoneham.

Military data

Service number2768
RankL/Cpl.
Regiment / UnitLord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Date of death
Age28
Cemetery / MemorialVimy Memorial

Other information

Information
'The Nephews Lamp' - Keston Branch. Endowed on 19.09.1928. First lit on 27.04.1929 at The Great Hall of Church House, Westminster, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of John Sydney Allen Stoneham, Sgt., 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, killed at Festubert, 2.6.16 (sic); of Philip Allen Stoneham, L/Cpl., Lord Strathcona's Horse, missing after the First Battle of Ypres, 24.5.1915 (sic); of Greville Cope Stoneham, 2nd Lt., 1st Royal Berks Regt., killed on the Somme, 10.11.1916 (sic); of Allen Barclay, B.Sc., 2nd Lt., Royal Engineers, killed at Givenchy, 24.4.1915; of Kenneth Barclay, Pte., London Scottish Regt., killed at Zillebeke, 12.11.1914; and of Eric Henry Lloyd Clark, 2nd Lt., R.F.A., killed on the Somme, 1.7.1916" (Donated by their uncle).

Sources

Source
Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936