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Sidney A. Walmsley

Born

Winnipeg, Canada

Died

October 28, 2003

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Cleric, community activist.

Born at Winnipeg, son of George and Effie Walmsley, he was raised at London, England. During the Second World War, he served in the British Army, from 1940 to 1946, and was a member of the Highland Light Infantry, the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, the Royal Fuseliers (City of London Regiment) and the MI-6. Returning to Canada he attended United College and became an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada. He served in parishes throughout rural Manitoba until becoming Chaplain at the Manitoba School for the Mentally Retarded at Portage la Prairie. While there he received awards and accolades for his teaching, curriculum development, and editing of an international journal on mental retardation. He ...more