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Private WILLIAM JOSEPH ROOST

Service Number: 76
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 March 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY

V. D. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Bridget Roost (formerly Knox) of 4, Barter's Hill, St. John's, Newfoundland.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE AMEN
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 771
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