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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
57644
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
20th Bn.
Birth:
July 13, 1889
Worcestershire, England
Enlistment:
November 11, 1914
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Albert and Leah Green, of Church Farm, Grimley, Worcestershire, England.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Private Rowland Green
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Photos of Rowland Green (left) and his brother Percy Victor Green. -
Newspaper Clipping 2
Pte. Rowland Green's first name was misspelled in this article. -
Newspaper Clipping (3)
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Inscription
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. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ROWLAND GREEN
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Rowland Green
Digital gallery of
Private Rowland Green
Digital gallery of
Private Rowland Green
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 95 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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