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Son of W. J. and S. Edwards, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Roy Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Roy Edwards
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Roy Edwards
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Roy Edwards
Attached to No. 8 Canadian Field Ambulance at this time. "No. 512078 Dvr R R Edwards backed the car out of the debris, assisted with a wounded civilian, took her on the car and drove on until he collapsed. He had several wounds including the loss of one finger, and a penetrating wound of the right lung." Private Robert Roy Edwards DCM, 5 April 2017, CEFRG.ca, https://cefrg.ca
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Attached to No. 8 Canadian Field Ambulance at this time. "No. 512078 Dvr R R Edwards backed the car out of the debris, assisted with a wounded civilian, took her on the car and drove on until he collapsed. He had several wounds including the loss of one finger, and a penetrating wound of the right lung." Private Robert Roy Edwards DCM, 5 April 2017, CEFRG.ca, https://cefrg.ca
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 403 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Pernes-en-Artois is a small town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais on the main road from Lillers to St Pol. The PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY is nearly one kilometre west of the town on the road to Sains-les-Pernes.
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