Military service
Service number:
A/21849
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 26, 1920
Amherstburg, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 17, 1939
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
F. 20.
Additional information
Son of Roy L. and Muriel I. Wigle, of Amherstburg, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Roy Wigle
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery located approximately 5 km. from the beach of Dieppe, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Wigle
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Wigle
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Wigle
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Wigle
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 124 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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