Capt George Clarence Gliddon, 10th Bn CEF.
George was born at Rodney, Ontario on 6 June 1888. A graduate of St Thomas College and the University of Toronto where he studied medicine between 1909 and 1914, he was about to enter practice as a physician in partnership with his brother when war broke out. Enlisting at Valcartier in September 1914, he became the Medical Officer of the 10th Battalion and proceeded to the UK in October. George arrived in France in February 1915, serving during the Second Battle of Ypres. Wounded near St.Julien on 4 May 1915, he died of his injuries on the 11 May. George is now buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery.
11 May 1915
Research by David O'Mara, Croonaert Research Services.
