Dec 28, 1895

Born in Palgrave, Ontario to Joseph and Mary Emma (nee Lyons) Stych

Jan 17, 1916

Attested into the 126^th Battalion CEF in Brampton, Ontario

Ø  Number 775573

Ø  Next of kin given as Mary Stych, mother, Athlone, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Farmer

Ø  No previous military experience given

Ø  Religion given as Presbyterian

 
The battalion trained at Camp Niagara, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Jun 5, 1916

Admitted to the Niagara Camp Hospital with a diagnosis that reads Measles

Jun 19, 1916

Discharged to duty from hospital

Aug 14, 1916

Embarked the Empress of Britain in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Aug 24, 1916

Disembarked in Liverpool, England and proceeded to Bramshott

Oct 15, 1916

Transferred to the 116^th Battalion in Bramshott to continue training

Dec 22, 1916

Transferred to the 21^st Battalion

Dec 23, 1916

Arrived at the CBD (Canadian Base Depot) in the Rouelles Camp, Havre, France and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21^st Battalion

Jan 21, 1917

After leaving the base depot, he joined the 2^nd Canadian Entrenching Battalion in Hersin, France

Feb 22, 1917

After leaving the entrenching battalion, Private Stych joined the 21^st Battalion at the front

Apr 16, 1917

Admitted to the No. 14 Canadian General Hospital in Wimereux with a diagnosis that reads Severe Trench Feet

Apr 17, 1917

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Jan Breydel

 
On arrival in England he was admitted to the 1/5^th Northern General Hospital in Leicester

 
Posted to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital

Jun 27, 1917

Transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Woodcote Park, Epsom

Jul 4, 1917

Discharged from hospital care and posted to the 6^th Reserve Battalion in Seaford

Nov 14, 1917

Attached to the Royal Engineers in Basingstoke for duty

Jan 14, 1918

Ceased to be attached and rejoined the 6^th Reserve Battalion in Seaford

Aug 9, 1918

Transferred to the 21^st Battalion and joined the No. 2 CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot) in Etaples, France and TOS the 21^st Battalion

Aug 15, 1918

After leaving the base depot, Private Stych rejoined the 21^st Battalion near Marcelcave, France

Aug 27, 1918

While the battalion was attacking the enemy at the Sensee River, south-east of Vis-en-Artois, France, Private Wilfred Stych was killed in action and later buried in the Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, France.

 
Note that there are 2 soldiers buried in this plot and Private Stych is named on the lower portion of the headstone.

 He is also remembered on the family plot grave marker in the Mount Tegart Cemetery, Tottenham, Ontario

 
Following the war, the British War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny) and Scroll were sent to his father, Mr. Joseph Stych, Athlone, Ontario

 
The Memorial Cross was sent to his mother, Mrs. Mary Stych, at the same address

Wilfred Joseph Stych is also honoured on the Tottenham, Ontario War Memorial