D'Almaine
DuRoy D'Almaine
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: D'ALMAINE, Roy
Status: Died
Address: The Square
Rank: Private
Service No: 401732
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 49th
Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Chronology: Enlisted and passed fit 31 March 1915 at London, aged 19 years 6 months, (Book states he served from October 1914) from October 1915, France
Cause of Death: Killed
Place at death: France
Date of death: 4 November 1916
Born: Sutton
Enlisted: London
Religion: Church of England
Employment Details: Farm hand
Date of Birth: 12 September 1896
Family Details: Next of kin Harry S W d'Almaine of Abingdon, Berkshire.
Biographical Details: Unmarried at enlistment. Height 5 feet ½ inches, girth 34 inches, complexion fair, eyesbrown, gair light brown.
Buried or Commemorated: Buried in ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI, Pas de Calais, France.
Reference: Plot III. Row H. Grave 21.
Data Link: National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Box 2271 - 17
Below is an extract from the leaflet published about the restored house, now called 1-3 Ock Street, which was the home address of this family.
In 1919, at the time of the Homecoming Film made in Abingdon Town Centre, Harry D'Almaine was Town Clerk and is seen here waiting to start the official parade in Roysse Court, with the Councillors and other officials of the Borough.
Original scans from the WW1 Families Collection
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