• First World War Commemorative Project
• Introduction
• The Memorial Service
• About the Project

Born	December 15, 1894
Died	April 24, 1915, Age 20
Force	Army
Division	15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Home Address	25 Nanton Avenue [Map]

George Cleal was born in Dayton, Ohio but moved to Toronto, where he entered UTS in 1910. He volunteered in the second month of the war, joining the 48th Highlanders, where he was a popular member of A Company. He was killed at Langemarck, near Ypres, in Belgium, during the first German chlorine gas attack of the war. While French soldiers fled, Cleal and 2000 other Canadians - perhaps including his fellow UTS student Laurence Shields - held their position. His body was never recovered, and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

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