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Military service
Service number:
133247
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
July 8, 1881
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
November 1, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 5, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXXVIII. K. 16.
Additional information
Son of Robert and Eleanor Romney, of 62, West Bank Rd., Devonshire Park, Birkenhead.
Digital gallery of Private William Lewis Dunsford Romney
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Photo of William Romney
Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada" . Page 27. 'B' COMPANY No 8 Platoon -
Attestation Papers
Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War. -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War. -
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. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private William Lewis Dunsford Romney
Digital gallery of
Private William Lewis Dunsford Romney
Digital gallery of
Private William Lewis Dunsford Romney
Digital gallery of
Private William Lewis Dunsford Romney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 156 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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