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Royal Story

Rank: 
Corporal
Regimental number: 
772409
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
15 Oak Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
15 Oak Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Machinist
Employer: 
Massey-Harris Co.
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
36

Letters and documents

BX July 30, 1917

On Way Home

In the latest shipload of returned heroes landing at Quebec were the following city and district men who have been invalided: Brant county, William Napolean John; Brantford, Walter Edward Podd, Royal Story, Brook Benjamin Wright, William Yates; Ohsweken, John Butler.

BX July 31, 1917
 
Returned Heroes

In all probability the following returned soldiers will leave for Brantford on Wednesday next, August 1:E. Evans, 51 ½ Oxford Street; T. Hewitt, 302 Rawdon Street; W. Hulme, 158 Albion Street; W. Podd, 41 Pearl Street; R. Story, 49 Oak Street; B.B. Wright, 23 Balfour Street; W.K. Yates, 28 McClure Avenue.

BX August 2, 1917 

Invalided Heroes Return to City – Eight War Veterans Welcomed by Soldiers’ Aid, G.W.V.A. and Friends    

Seven more invalided returned men arrived back in the city yesterday. They arrived at four different hours during the afternoon and evening. In all nine men arrived, but one went direct through to Burford and his name is not known to the Soldiers’ Aid Commission here. The men returned to the city are: E. Evans 51 ½ Oxford Street; P. Hewitt, Echo Place; W. Hulme, 158 Albion Street; W. Podd, 41 Pearl Street; R. Story 49 Oak Street; B.B. Wright, 23 Balfour Street; W. Yates, 29 McClure Avenue. None of the men who returned yesterday was maimed nor had the appearance of being seriously injured. Members of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission and Great War Veterans’ Association, J. Vansickle and H.W. Fitton, met all the men who returned via the G.T.R. and welcomed them home.

BX June 20, 1938

Roy L. Story

Roy L. Story passed away Sunday at his home, 87 Grand Street.  He was born in Brantford; his parents having been among the earliest settlers on Terrace Hill.  For many years he was a toolmaker in the employ of the Massey-Harris Company.  Mr. Story went overseas with the 125th Battalion, C.E.F., and over a long period of years he served with the military bands of a number of Canadian regiments, including the 13th Regiment, Hamilton, the Dufferin Rifles of Canada, the 77th Wentworth Regiment, and the 91st Highlanders, Hamilton.  He had been a member of the Canadian Legion Band in Brantford since its formation and he was a member of the local Legion branch.  Left to mourn his loss are his widow, formerly Sarah Schofield; one son, Thomas, at home, and two brothers, Reginald Story, Toronto, and Rowland Story, Paris.  The deceased was an adherent of Sydenham Street United Church.  The body is resting at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home, where the funeral will be conducted Tuesday afternoon, with interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX June 22, 1938

Roy L. Story

The funeral of Roy L. Story was conducted from Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home Tuesday.  Rev. D.C. Amos, Sydenham United Church, conducted the funeral service, which was largely attended.  Relatives and friends were present in great numbers and many floral tributes evidence the esteem held for the deceased.  The pallbearers were Messrs. E. Reeves, E. Close, J. Jackson, A. Lee, L. Smith and R. Wilcox.  Interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery.  The Last Post was sounded by Bugler Cecil Hockin.

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