Sydney James Tigwell

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772727

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Grove Cemetery, Dundas, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Grace Anglican Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Berkshire

Birth city:

Reading

Address at enlistment:

158 William Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

158 William Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

Goold, Shapley and Muir Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX November 12, 1918

Mrs. Cox, 188 William Street, received a message from Ottawa this morning telling her that Sydney James Tigwell had been wounded in France. Private Tigwell was admitted to No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station suffering from a gunshot wound under heavy fire. Pte. Tigwell was widely known in Brantford. He was a star football player, and a good all round sport. He went overseas with the 125th Battalion but he was with the 54th when he was wounded. He worked on shells at the Gould Shapley and Muir factory after the war began.

BX November 23, 1976

Sydney James Tigwell

TIGWELL, Sydney James – At Wentworth Lodge, Dundas, on Tuesday, November 23, 1976, beloved husband of Margaret Kay Sloan of 4 Glenmorris Drive, Dundas, (Formerly of Brantford), in his 92nd year; dear father of Dorothy Kay (Mrs. Robert Frank) of Dundas; brother of Fred of Corunna, Ontario; also surviving are three grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 o’clock Wednesday evening at the Cattel and Eaton Funeral Home, 53 Main Street, Dundas. Service Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment Grove Cemetery.