Lieutenant Roland Walter Lines
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Lines,
Roland Walter
Date of birth: 1877-03-14
Place of birth: Aldbury Tring England
Next of kin: John Lines; father; Aldbury, Tring, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Architect and engineer
Occupation (normalized): Building Architect, Other Engineers
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-09-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, I. K. 4.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
- Lieutenant (Army).
- Lieutenant, 49th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Battle of Somme near to Albert
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 552050
LAC ID:
533694
Service file: B5659-S010
Uploader's Notes:
Son of John James and Mary Lines, of Aldbury, Tring, England. Architect (Edmonton, Alberta).
The war diary telling of Lt Lines's death is the 1st Battalion of Canadian Engineers. He was killed on the front line during an operation which saw about 50 prisoners captured.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers and there is no trace on the CWGC site. Info also from the 1st Battalion Canadian Engineers war diary. [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 49th Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Engineers 1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-02-13