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Alfred Roy

In memory of:

Private Alfred Roy

October 2, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

61954

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

August 1, 1890
Augusta, Maine

Enlistment:

January 2, 1915
St-Jean, Quebec

Son of Thomas Roy and Célina Lacasse (deceased in 1894, in the USA), of Augusta, Maine, and then moved to St-Pierre-Baptiste, Mégantic, Québec. He served during several months at the front with the 22nd Battalion before being transferred as a machine-gunner.

Commemorated on Page 495 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. B. 1.

Location:

Sains-les-Marquion is a village about 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the D939, Arras to Cambrai road. SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY lies at the junction of the D15 and D16 roads, about 1.5 kilometres from the centre of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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