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Roy Reginald Wilson

In memory of:

Private Roy Reginald Wilson

March 1, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

787072

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

75th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

March 10, 1887
Perth, Ontario

Enlistment:

December 28, 1915
Perth, Ontario

Husband of Helen Margaret Wilson of Perth, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 351 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ZOUAVE VALLEY CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. A. 6.

Location:

Souchez is a village some 12 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune and ZOUAVE VALLEY CEMETERY is one mile south-east of the village. It lies in the valley which extends southwards from Souchez on the western side of Vimy Ridge.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of ROY REGINALD WILSON– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of ROY REGINALD WILSON – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Perth Courier for 23 March 1917.

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Perth Courier for 23 March 1917.
  • Newspaper Clipping 2– From the Perth Courier for 4 May 1917.

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    Newspaper Clipping 2 – From the Perth Courier for 4 May 1917.
  • Newspaper Clipping 3– A letter about the death of Roy Wilson, published in the Perth Courier for 1 June 1917.

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    Newspaper Clipping 3 – A letter about the death of Roy Wilson, published in the Perth Courier for 1 June 1917.
  • Memorial– Memorial at Perth and District Collegiate Institute in honour of former students who participated in the Great War.

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    Memorial – Memorial at Perth and District Collegiate Institute in honour of former students who participated in the Great War.

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