Private Roméo Laforce

Baptized Joseph Roméo Laforce. Son of Antoine Laforce (Deceased in 1903) and Elmina Boivin, of Québec.

He stated being born in Big Beaver Lake, Ungava, on April 11, 1896 when he enlisted.

Enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force’s Cyclist Corps, he sailed for Great Britain on May 3, 1917, and arrived in Liverpool, England, on the 14th. On the 19th, he was assigned to the 23rd Reserve Battalion, and on the 26th, to the 10th Reserve Battalion. Transferred to the 22nd Battalion on November 24, 1917, he crossed into France on the 26th and joined his new unit in combat on December 11 in the Passchendaele sector of West Flanders. In January 1918, he took part in the fighting at Méricourt. He was slightly wounded in his left hand on January 15 but was not evacuated. Upon returning to his unit, he fought in February at Liévin-Lens and in April at Neuville-Vitasse, in the Pas-de-Calais. On May 28, he was wounded again in the trenches east of Boisleux-St-Marc, near Arras, and was not evacuated. He was killed in action on August 27, 1917, by machine-gun fire during the assault from Wancourt toward Chérisy in the Battle of Chérisy.