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Pte Telford was the sixth and youngest son of Walter and Armanella (née Smith) Telford, of Merrickville, Ontario. He was born on banks of the Rideau River, in the Township of Montague. He enlisted in the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) and served with the 87th Battalion. At the time of his enlistment in Montreal, Quebec, Roy was living in the Rock Island; Stanstead; Quebec/Derby Line, Vermont area. These three villages make up a community that straddles the Canada/United States border. He worked with his brother, Sidney, who by this time was the proprietor of the Telford Family Garment Factory, which produced men's overalls and shoes. He was an active member of the Masonic Lodge. The telegram telling of his death is said to have met his brother Gordon at the Merrickville Post Office when he was on his way to mail a Christmas package. A stone marker is erected in the Merrickville Union Cemetery in the Telford family plot.
Digital gallery of Private Roy Ferdinand Telford
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Merrickville Remembers
This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War. -
Memorial Page
Roy Telford is honoured on page 24 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003. -
The Stanstead Quebec War Memorial.
The Stanstead Quebec War Memorial. Stanstead is on the Canada/US border (state of Vermont). For World War One, thirty-six men from Stanstead or from nearby communities are remembered on this war memorial. -
Detail of Memorial plaque
Detail of Memorial plaque affixed to the Stanstead War Memorial. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Ferdinand Telford
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Ferdinand Telford
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Ferdinand Telford
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Ferdinand Telford
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Ferdinand Telford
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 172 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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