Sydney Selby Rowland

Rank:

Lance Corporal

Regimental number:

29490

Unit at enlistment:

16th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Aberdeenshire

Birth city:

Peterhead

Address at enlistment:

Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

99 Queen Street, Peterhead, Scotland

Trade or calling:

Draughtsman

Employer:

Waterous Engine Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX May 5, 1915

Word was received in the city this morning by Bugler Sergeant-Major Mellor of the Dufferin Rifles, that Lance-Corporal Sydney Rowland of the 91st Highlanders of Hamilton, had been reported wounded at the battle of Ypres. Lance-Corporal Rowland was a former drummer in the bugle band of the Dufferin Rifles being a resident of Brantford. He was employed at that time as a draughtsman by the Waterous Engine Works.