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Roy Campbell Atkinson

In memory of:

Private Roy Campbell Atkinson

November 1, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

651760

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

47th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

June 16, 1896
Vaughan, Ontario

Enlistment:

February 21, 1916
Paisley, Ontario

Son of Richard and Katharine Atkinson of Paisley, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 361 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. A. 1.

Location:

Auberchicourt is a commune mining village in the Department of the Nord, 11.5 kilometres east of Douai on the road to Valenciennes and AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is one kilometre west of the village on the northside of the road to Erchin, 300 yards away from the Communal Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker
  • Auberchicourt British Cemetery
  • Auberchicourt British Cemetery
  • Cemetery Plan
  • Group Photo– Roy Atkinson on left. Submitted for the project: Operation: Picture Me

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