Private Rollie Ash
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1894-09-06
Place of birth: Guysborough Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Reta Ash, wife, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Horseman
Address:
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-01-16
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 716258
Highest Rank:
Private
(26th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 26th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1564771
LAC ID:
14828
Service file: B0260-S039
Uploader's Notes:
Son of James and Ester Ash, of Antiguinish, Nova Scotia; husband of Reta Ash, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
26th Bn conducterd a large scale trench raid on the night of 16 Jan 1917 in northern France......the casualty list after the raid note one man missing, five killed, 14 wounded...it is very likely that Rollie was the man who went missing (as his body was never recovered)
Uploader's Research notes: The Legacy Voices Project file digitized Black WWI Veteran not No 2 [Private Army Canadian Infantry 106th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 26th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2016-10-23