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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Division:
8th Battalion
Birth:
September 8, 1893
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10
Additional information
Son of Joseph Grafton Poulton and Lucy Shankland, of Toronto Ontario. He served three years with the Canadian Militia.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Captain Roy Ross (Roswell) Poulton
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WWI War Memorial Windows
WWI War Memorial Windows at the Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, Ontario -
Honour Roll
WWI Memorial Plaque located in the Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East, Toronto, Ontario. The current building was dedicated in 1872 as the Metropolitan Wesleyan Methodist Church. -
Roll of Honour
Dufferin School, Toronto, Ontario. A memorial plaque listing 48 former students who died during the first World War was dedicated at Dufferin School on January 20th, 1928. The memorial was unveiled by Thomas J. Bragg, President Dufferin School Old Boys, and dedicated by Rev. E. A. Henry, D.D., Chaplain Dufferin School Old Boys. The original 1876 school building faced Berkeley Street. It was torn down in 1925 and replaced with a structure on Parliament Street, and renamed as Lord Dufferin School. In honoured memory of the boys of Dufferin School. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Roy Ross (Roswell) Poulton
Digital gallery of
Captain Roy Ross (Roswell) Poulton
Digital gallery of
Captain Roy Ross (Roswell) Poulton
Digital gallery of
Captain Roy Ross (Roswell) Poulton
Digital gallery of
Captain Roy Ross (Roswell) Poulton
Digital gallery of
Captain Roy Ross (Roswell) Poulton
Digital gallery of
Captain Roy Ross (Roswell) Poulton
Digital gallery of
Captain Roy Ross (Roswell) Poulton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 604 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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