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Son of Mrs. S. Rowsell, of Ashburn, Ontario. Native of England.
Digital gallery of Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
Digital gallery of
Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR.
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Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
Sons of England Benefit Society: a notice of the December 29th, 1923 dedication and unveiling at University & College Streets (original location), detail from an S.O.E. membership certificate, and detail from the base of the Toronto Memorial.
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Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
Pte. Rowland Rowsell enlisted with the 198th Buffs Battalion in Toronto on March 20th, 1916. A tribute to soldiers of the 198th "Canadian Buffs" Battalion.
Digital gallery of
Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR.
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Sons of England Benefit Society: a notice of the December 29th, 1923 dedication and unveiling at University & College Streets (original location), detail from an S.O.E. membership certificate, and detail from the base of the Toronto Memorial.
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Pte. Rowland Rowsell enlisted with the 198th Buffs Battalion in Toronto on March 20th, 1916. A tribute to soldiers of the 198th "Canadian Buffs" Battalion.
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 495 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans.
It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.
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