Military service
Service number:
645818
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
November 20, 1896
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 45.
Memorial:
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Additional information
Son of Albert and Mary Jane Hanson, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Roy Howard Hanson
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Photo of Roy Howard Hanson
Photo of 645818 Pvt. Roy Howard Hanson 54th Battn. C.E.F. Killed in Action April 9th 1917 Vimmy Ridge. Aged 20 years. Born in Field BC Nov. 20th 1896 he enlisted in the 158th Battn. Duke of Connaught's own Regt. At Vancouver BC Feb. 14th 1916 listing his occupation as "Bank Clerk" He was one of the many Canadian boys who died that day on the fields of Vimmy, the day Canada became a nation. Rest In Peace. -
Medal
Memoral Disk for 645818 Pvt. Roy Howard Hanson 54th Battn. C.E.F. Killed in Action April 9th 1917 Vimmy Ridge. Aged 20 years. Born in Field BC Nov. 20th 1896 he enlisted in the 158th Battn. Duke of Connaught's own Regt. At Vancouver BC Feb. 14th 1916 listing his occupation as "Bank Clerk" He was one of the many Canadian boys who died that day on the fields of Vimmy, the day Canada became a nation. Rest In Peace. -
Grave marker
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery located on the grounds of the Vimy Memorial Park on Vimy Ridge, just outside of Neuville-St Vaast, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery
The Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, located on the grounds of the Vimy Memorial Park on Vimy Ridge, just outside of Neuville-St Vaast, France.(J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Howard Hanson
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Howard Hanson
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Howard Hanson
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Howard Hanson
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Howard Hanson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 251 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
GIVENCHY ROAD CANADIAN CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
The Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery at Neuville-St Vaast is a small cemetery situated in the compound of the Vimy Memorial Park which contains the Vimy Memorial. The village of Neuville-St Vaast is in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 8 kilometres north of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The cemetery is approximately 260 metres past Canadian Cemetery No.2 following the one-way system to rejoin the avenue leading back to the main road. The cemetery contains the graves of soldiers all of whom fell on the 9th April, 1917, or on one of the four following days. The cemetery covers an area of 849 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall. The numerous groups of graves made about this time by the Canadian Corps Burial Officer were, as a rule, not named but serially lettered and numbered. This cemetery was originally called CD 1.
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