Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Wallace Roy
In memory of:
Pilot Officer William Wallace Roy
January 15, 1943
Military Service
J/16141
23
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
161 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Henry and Marion Auld Roy, of Tottenham, Ontario, Canada
Commemorated on Page 209 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
RENNES EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Sec. 18. Plot 1. Row C. Coll. grave 8-13.
Rennes is a town in the Department of the Ille-et-Vilarne. RENNES EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY is situated on the Boulevard Villebois-Mareuil, about 2 kilometres east of the railway station. From the station follow Bd. Solferino, turn right into Rue St Helier, then left into Rue De Chateaugiron, then left again along Avenue Monseigneur Mouezy, and the Communal Cemetery is just facing you. The British Commonwealth Plot is near the middle of the eastern boundary of the Cemetery. A CWGC sign is on the cemetery wall.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Pilot Officer William Wallace Roy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer William Wallace Roy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of William Wallace Roy – William at 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss, Course No.26 - August 1941
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