PVT Roy George Switzer

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PVT Roy George Switzer

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death: August 24, 1917 (20)
France
Place of Burial: Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, Aix-Noulette, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Immediate Family:

Son of George Switzer and Mary Jane "May" Switzer (Wilkins)
Brother of Private and Private

Occupation: Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force, WWI
Managed by: William Owen "Bill" Irwin
Last Updated:

About PVT Roy George Switzer

Roy Switzer
679188 Private
116th Bn Canadian Infantry Central Ontario Regiment
24th August 1917 Age 20
Fell In Battle , World War I
Son of Mrs M Switzer of 144 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

View Cenotaph HERE
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Military Service
Service Number: 679188
Age: 20
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division: 116th Bn.

Son of George Switzer and Mary Jane (nee Wilkins) Switzer.

Roy is remembered on a family monument here at Mount Pleasant Cemetery but he is buried at Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension in France
. Family links are attached to the burial memorial.

Note*: The family stone lists his rank as Corporal but his military records say his rank was Private.

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PVT Roy George Switzer's Timeline

1896
December 26, 1896
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1917
August 24, 1917
Age 20
France
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Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, Aix-Noulette, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France