George Murray Roszel

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

412628

Unit at enlistment:

39th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

August 8th, 1918

Cemetery:

Hangard Wood British Cemetery - Somme, France - I.B.3.

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Middlesex

Birth city:

Dorchester, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Port Hope, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Echo Place P.O., Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Moulder

Religious denominations:

Wesleyan

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. During an attack from Hangard Wood to Cancelette Wood, and just after passing the former, he was sniped through the head and instantly killed.

BC October 1, 1918

A telegram addressed to Mrs. Annie Smith, Echo Place, announcing the death in action on August 8th of Mrs. Smith's brother, Pte. George Murray Roszel was received in the city on Sunday. Mrs. Smith has left Brantford, however, and now resides in Hamilton.

BX June 20, 1916

Further Casualties From Brant County Are Recorded – Names of Lieutenant John Richard Cornelius, Mark George Brind and George Murray Roszel of Brantford

Three Names on List

There are three Brantford names in this morning's casualty list. For the third time the name of Lieutenant John R. Cornelius, 53 Colborne Street appears in the casualties suffering from shock. Mark George Brind, of 55 Jarvis Street, is reported wounded but back on duty again. George Roszel of Echo Place is also reported wounded.