Joseph Cyres Glode F/40729 Private West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C. July 15, 1914 E'se'katik (Lunenburg), Nova Scotia May 16, 1940 Aldershot (near Pinoek [Kentville]), Kings Co., NS Sipekne'katik (Shubenacadie), Hants Co., NS 25 5 feet, 7 inches dark brown black Carpenter Roman Catholic Single Peter Glode (Uncle) Shubencadie, Hants Co., NS July 16, 1943 29 Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Sicily C. F. 337 Commemorated on Page 163 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 5 Joseph Cyres Glode was the son of James John Nibby and Mary Kate Catherine Glode Pictou (1890-1914). Some records list Joseph middle name as Syres and his surname as his adopted father – Nibby. Little is known of his parents except that his mother died while Joseph was still a small child. His father later remarried and had four children with his second wife. “Perhaps there was no room in this new family for the little boy who had lost his mother for the modest information available tells us that Joseph’s uncle, Peter Glode, became his guardian and that shortly thereafter they moved to Shubenacadie. From this time on, Joseph used his mother’s maiden name and that of his uncle as his own surname.” Joseph married Mary Helen Morris on March 4, 1930, in Hants County, NS. Mary already had 3 children of her own. Prior to WWII, Joseph was no longer married to Mary, and he listed his uncle Peter as his next of kin for war purposes. Private Glode departed Canada on August 23, 1940, and arrived in Scotland on September 4, 1940. Rigorous training continued in both Scotland and England including live fire and amphibious exercises. The West Nova Scotia Regiment was briefly considered for deployment in the Dieppe Raid of 1942 but was not. Like all troops, Joseph had regular inoculations to keep him healthy and safe from disease and infection. Despite precautions, he was in and out of hospital on a few occasions which really was not unusual for a soldier of that time. On May 16, 1942, his record noted “this soldier completed two years service”. Soldiering was no get rich scheme, but it did offer regular remuneration, free room and board and sturdy clothing. On January 1, 1943, his daily pay was raised to $1.50. He departed the United Kingdom for the Mediterranean on June 15, 1943, serving in Sicily throughout the end of June and into July 1943. He was killed in action during fighting in Sicily on July 16, 1943. “July 15th broke bright, hot, and sunny. It was Joseph Glode’s 29th birthday. It was also his last. In the evening, the Regiment passed though the Vizinni and the on the 16th they were in Caltigirone. They reached San Michele that night. It was sometime during this day that Private Joseph Cyres Glode was killed in action. He served in Canada between May 16, 1940, and August 23, 1940, in the United Kingdom between August 24, 1040, and June 15, 1943, and in Sicily between June 16, 1943 and the date of his death on July 16, 1943. Joseph was interred at the Agira Canadian War Cemetery in Sicily.