Sidney Darling
Sidney Darling
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Sidney Darling was born in Regina, Saskatchewan on June 9th, 1920 to his parents Herbert and Mary Hannah Darling, with two older sisters named Margaret and Jeannette Darling. It was around this time that the RCMP headquarters of his father’s employment was relocated from Regina to Ottawa, Ontario. Their family rented the house 1 Old Sunset Boulevard prior to living at 28 Clemow Avenue and Sidney attended Glebe Collegiate Institute for approximately two years.
His father was later moved to Lethbridge, Alberta and Sidney went to Lethbridge Collegiate Institute for his eleventh and partially twelfth year. There, he participated in the football team from 1938 to 1940 and was said to have an interest in photography.
Sidney made the decision to join the RCMP when he returned with his father to Regina. He worked as a Mounted Policeman for around a year before he enlisted for the army on August 6th, 1941 (aged 21 years). Accordingly, he was sent to Gordon Head, British Columbia for his training, where he became a second lieutenant for the Canadian artillery and was deployed to Southern England.
However, he was soon admitted to Builth Cottage Hospital in Brecknock, Wales with appendicitis on April 27th, 1943 (aged 22 years), at which he received surgery the next day. He unfortunately passed away on June 7th of the same year following complications from appendicitis, and was buried at Brookwood cemetery in Plot 40, row E10.
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Sidney Darling est né à Regina, en Saskatchewan le 9 juin 1920, de ses parents Herbert et Mary Hannah Darling, avec deux sœurs aînées nommée Margaret et Jeannette Darling. À cette époque, le quartier général de la GRC, où travaillait son père, est transféré de Regina à Ottawa, en Ontario. La famille a loué la maison 1 Old Sunset Boulevard avant de vivre a 28 Clemow Avenue et Sidney a fréquenté le Glebe Collegiate Institute pendant environ deux ans.
Son père est plus tard bougé à Lethbridge, en Alberta et Sidney est allé à Lethbridge Collegiate Institute pour sa onzième et une portion de sa douzième année. Il y joue dans l’équipe de football de 1938 à 1940 et s’intéresse à la photographie.
Sidney décide de s’engager dans la GRC quand il retourne à Regina avec son père. Il a travaillé comme policier monté pendant environ un an avant de s’enrôler dans l’armée le 6 août 1941 (à l’âge de 21 ans). Il est envoyé à Gordon Head, en Colombie-Britannique pour son entraînement, ou il devient un sous-lieutenant dans l’artillerie canadienne et a été déployé dans le sud de l’Angleterre.
Il est admis au Builth Cottage Hospital à Brecknock, au pays de Galles, pour une appendicite le 27 avril 1943 (à l’âge de 22 ans) et est opéré le lendemain. Il est décède le 7 juin de la même année à la suite de complications liées à l’appendicite et est inhumé au cimetière de Brookwood dans la section 40, rangée E10.
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Glebe Collegiate Institute
Ottawa, Ontario
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