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Military service
Service number:
G/23307
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
September 9, 1922
Petit Rocher, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
July 9, 1941
Woodstock, New Brunswick
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 5.
Additional information
Son of Jerome J. P. Roy, and of Louise Roy, of Petit Rocher Nord, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Edgar Roy
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Memorial
The memorial is dedicated in memory of Canadians who lost their lives while storming Juno Beach on June 6, 1944. They were members of the North Shore Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Engineers and the Royal Canadian Artilery. This memorial is located in St-Aubin-ser-mer, France. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Joseph Edgar Roy
Submitted by Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, C.D.
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Edgar Roy
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Edgar Roy
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Edgar Roy
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Edgar Roy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 433 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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