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Military service
Service number:
228198
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
3rd Bn.
Death:
September 24, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. H. 54.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. S. Rowsell, of Ashburn, Ontario. Native of England.
Digital gallery of Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
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Monument commémoratif des Fils d'Angleterre
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. -
Inauguration et dévoilement
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. -
Coupure de presse
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. -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
Digital gallery of
Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
Digital gallery of
Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
Digital gallery of
Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
Digital gallery of
Private Roland William Reginald Rowsell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 495 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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