Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Rob Roy Airth
In memory of:
Private Rob Roy Airth
September 12, 1916
Military Service
59004
Army
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
21st Bn.
Additional Information
Commemorated on Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON
Somme, France
II. C. 10.
Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Other – Photograph of grave in Contalmaison in original folder mailed to family. -
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Letter – Letter to mother on the day after Roy Airth was killed in the battle of the Somme -
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Photo of Rob Roy Airth – on enlistment October 10, 1914. -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – From the Renfrew Mercury for 1 October 1915. -
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Attestation Papers -
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Attestation Papers (Back) -
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Newspaper Clipping – Photo from the Renfrew Mercury for 22 October 1915. -
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Newspaper Clipping – Letter printed in the Renfrew Mercury for 12 November 1915. -
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Photo of Roy Airth – Sgt R Airth 21st Bn CEF -
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Group Photo – WO's & Sgts 21st BN CEF
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