Private Roy Ernest Acton
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Acton,
Roy Ernest
Date of birth: 1895-03-29
Place of birth: Watford Ontario Canada
Next of kin: James Acton, father, Watford, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Banker
Address:
Not specified
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-11-03
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 10 - 26 - 28
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 210057
Highest Rank:
Private
(21st Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 21st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Passchendaele
Commemoration location: Alvinston, ON Cenotaph and Norfolk Carillon Tower
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 921709
LAC ID:
913
Service file: V0033-S004
Uploader's Notes: Son of the late James and Maria Acton, of Watford, Ontario. Enlisted at St. Catharines, Dec., 1915, in 98th Battalion
Uploader's Research notes:
KILLED IN ACTION This soldier was instantly killed by shrapnel from a bursting shell in close support trenches West of Paschendaele on the morning of November 3rd, 1917. (FROM: CEF Burial Register)
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 21st Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2012-01-01