Sergeant Roland George Peerless
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Peerless,
Roland George
Date of birth: 1888-08-24
Place of birth: Laughton Sussex England
Next of kin: Thomas Barry Peerless (father,) 96 Beshet Road, Worthing, Surrey, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Decorator
Occupation (normalized): Commercial Artist
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 147705
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(78th Battalion)
Rank detail
Sergeant, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack South East of Souchez
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 1572942
LAC ID:
562874
Service file: B7699-S055
Uploader's Notes:
Previous Service: Winnipeg Grenadiers militia; 34th Fort Garry Horse
Circumstances of Casualty form gives his religion as Church of England rather than Baptist.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-08-23