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Roy Cahill

Roy Cahill
Rank: 
Driver
Regimental number: 
305066
Unit at enlistment: 
8th Brigade C.F.A., 40th Battery
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan, U.S.A. - Unknown Cemetery
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
143 Nelson Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
143 Nelson Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Printer
Employer: 
MacBride Press
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
20

Letters and documents

BX December 13, 1917

October 3, 1917
Somewhere in France

Dear Victor,

Well here we are back in billets for a few days, and we have just had a wash and shed our little gray friends. Believe me, the smokes went good. I suppose you have heard that Pat Prime was wounded.

We get all the news when we come back for our rest. I see by the paper that Mack is going to run for M.P. Here’s hoping he gets elected. He was certainly one good old scout to us boys. They say we are going to get a chance to vote out here, and if so you can bet we’ll all vote for MacBride. It will be a darned good thing to have him M.P. when we get home. We’ll stand a better chance with him than we would with those Highbrows. Tell Zete to write. Is she not at the shop now?  I guess we’re in for another winter here, but old Fritz is going back where he belongs, all right. I guess next spring’s drive will finish him. I have seen a lot of prisoners, and they sure are a hungry looking lot. By the way, I saw Cliff MacBride on the way down, Mack’s brother, you know. He must weigh about 180 now. Quite a difference from when he was in Brantford. Has Jerry Hannan left Canada yet? I heard they had joined the battery. How does Dick like soldiering?  I’ll bet both of you spend most of your time in the canteen. We are having a lot of rain here, nothing but rain and mud, but the grub’s good and “I should worry.”  Tell everyone to write.

Roy

BX August 26, 1967

Roy John Cahill

DETROIT – Roy J. Cahill, a native of Brantford, died Wednesday in hospital here.  Mr. Cahill was born in Brantford April 25, 1895, but was a resident of Birmingham, Mich. At the time of his death.  He was chairman of the board of Esterling, Tri-Craft Press Inc. of Detroit and a former president of Esterling Printing Co.  He is survived by a daughter, Bette L. Cahill of Birmingham; a son, James W. of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; three sisters, Mrs. E.J. McIntyre and Miss Clara Cahill of Detroit and Miss Lillian Cahill of Columbus, Ohio and two grandchildren.  Services were at 11 a.m. today with burial at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Troy, Mich.  Memorial tributes may be sent to the Harper Hospital building fund, Detroit, Mich.

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