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Military service
Service number:
874936
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Digital gallery of Private Roy Clarence Armstrong
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Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Roy Clarence Armstrong
Roy Clarence Armstrong (far lower left) with members of the 184th Battalion during training at Camp Hughes in Manitoba. -
Photo of Roy Clarence Armstrong
Roy Clarence Armstrong in 1916, an underage soldier. He enlisted just after his 17th birthday. His life is profiled in this November 7, 2014 feature by CBC titled: ‘No job for a boy’: WW I through eyes of a Canadian teen soldier' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/no-job-for-a-boy-ww-i-through-eyes-of-a-canadian-teen-soldier-1.2827448 https://www.canadianletters.ca/collections/all/collection/20773/doc/223 -
Letter
Roy Clarence Armstrong. Letter home to his mother. Source: The Canadians Letters and Images Project. https://www.canadianletters.ca/collections/all/collection/20773/doc/223 -
Letter
Roy Clarence Armstrong. 'Whiz bang' postcard home to his mother. Nicknamed "whiz bangs" after light-calibre German shells that arrived with little warning, these field service postcards provided an easy way for soldiers to keep in touch with loved ones. Writers scratched out phrases that were not applicable and were warned that any additional information would result in the card's destruction by military censors. Source: The Canadians Letters and Images Project. https://www.canadianletters.ca/collections/all/collection/20773/doc/223 -
Photo of Roy Clarence Armstrong
Roy Clarence Armstrong and William Cox Reg # 216636 in France. Roy referred to Bill as his sidekick, and they were good friends, even though there was 10 years between the two. They died on the same day in the same battle, and both their names are on the Menin Gate. -
Cenotaph
Roy Clarence Armstrong name appears on the Cenotaph in Saltcoats Saskatchewan in Roy's hometown. The memorial commemorates Roy's sacrifice as well as 78 other men from the town who died in WW1. (Picture dated April.1990)
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Clarence Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Clarence Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Clarence Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Clarence Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Clarence Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Clarence Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Private Roy Clarence Armstrong
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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