Language selection

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Edward Ware Joy

In memory of:

Major Edward Ware Joy

April 9, 1917

Military Service

Age:

44

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

87th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

May 29, 1872
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

July 13, 1916
Truro, Nova Scotia

Husband of Bessie Joy of Truro, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 266 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VIII. A. 16.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Newspaper clipping– From the Halifax Evening Mail April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

    Details

    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Halifax Evening Mail April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Roll of Honour– Canadian National Railways - World War One Roll of Honour. Major Edward Ware Joy enlisted in July 1916. He had served with the 106th (Nova Scotia) Rifles, a C.E.F unit based in Truro, Nova Scotia. This unit was later broken up for reinforcements at the front. A Locomotive Engineer, Joy was born in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. His wife, Bessie Joy, was named as his next-of-kin at Truro. In honoured memory.

    Details

    Roll of Honour
    Roll of Honour – Canadian National Railways - World War One Roll of Honour. Major Edward Ware Joy enlisted in July 1916. He had served with the 106th (Nova Scotia) Rifles, a C.E.F unit based in Truro, Nova Scotia. This unit was later broken up for reinforcements at the front. A Locomotive Engineer, Joy was born in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. His wife, Bessie Joy, was named as his next-of-kin at Truro. In honoured memory.
  • 106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles– In Memory of those who served in the 106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

    Details

    106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles
    106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles – In Memory of those who served in the 106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of Edward Joy– In Memory of those who served in the 106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

    Details

    Photo of Edward Joy
    Photo of Edward Joy – In Memory of those who served in the 106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Grave marker

    Details

    Grave marker
    Grave marker

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: