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Military service
Service number:
145809
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
"A" Coy. 73rd Bn.
Birth:
March 21, 1897
Navan, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 15, 1916
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
April 20, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. C. 16.
Additional information
Son of John and Sarah Armstrong, of Navan, Ontario. He enlisted with the Governor General's Foot Guards in Ottawa on March 15, 1916. Brother of Wellington Armstrong who was killed in action on August 15, 1917.
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Memorial
Inscription to the memory of Byron Earl Armstrong and Wellington A Armstrong on the family grave marker in St Mary's Anglican Cemetery, Navan, Ontario. Byron Armstrong was born on March 21, 1897. He enlisted with the Governor General's Foot Guards in Ottawa on March 15, 1916 and was killed on April 20, 1917. Wellington Armstrong was born on February 3, 1898. He enlisted with the Governor General's Foot Guards in Ottawa on November 29, 1915 and was killed on August 15, 1917. -
Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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War Memorial
Byron Armstrong and his brother Wellington Armstrong are commemorated on the War Memorial in Navan, Ontario, dedicated to THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND OF THOSE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. LEST WE FORGET. -
Inscription
Byron Armstrong and his brother Wellington Armstrong are commemorated on the War Memorial in Navan, Ontario, dedicated to THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND OF THOSE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. LEST WE FORGET. -
Photo of BYRON EARLE ARMSTRONG
Byron left. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Byron Earle Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Byron Earle Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Byron Earle Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Byron Earle Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Byron Earle Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Byron Earle Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Byron Earle Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Byron Earle Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Byron Earle Armstrong
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 192 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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