Police Constable William Joseph Sanderson Connor

William J.S. Connor, Police Constable #239 of the Mounted Squad, was single and lived at 620 Ontario Street.

Constble Connor had previously served in the Canadian Field Artillery, and re-enlisted with Toronto's 9th Battery in September 1914 soon after war was declared, volunteering to accompany police horses overseas which had been donated for service in the artillery. He proceeded to France from England, and was transferred to the 4^th Battery of the 1^st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery as a replacement. On July 4^th 1916, in the Ypres Salient, Connor was in front line trenches acting as a Forward Observation Officer directing artillery fire onto the enemy. Later in the day, Connor was severely wounded by an enemy mortar and evacuated to a field ambulance. He died
the following day, Wednesday, July 5^th 1916.

Constable William Joseph Sanderson Connor lies buried at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery in Belgium.