Private
Sol, Dirk
Unit
16th Canadian Infantry Battalion
Branch
Infantry
Service Component
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Service Number
28790
birth
1879/05/24
Zaandam, Netherlands
death
1915/04/22
Ypres, Belgium
grave
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Gender
Male
Dirk Sol was born in Zaandam, the Netherlands, on 24 May 1879.
Sol stated that he was a sailor when he enlisted in the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion at Valcartier Camp, Quebec, on 7 September 1914. He sailed to England as a member of the First Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 3 October 1914. After training on Salisbury Plain for four months, the Contingent was shipped to France in February 1915.
Sol died in Belgium on 22 April 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres, and his body was lost.
Dirk Sol is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, in Ypres, Belgium.
