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1928 - WWI Memorial - Royal Bank of Canada - 360 St. James Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards) CEFScope and Content
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA - HONOUR ROLL FROM GREAT WAR
A total of 1,495 Royal Bank staff members enlisted for active service. Of these, 186 were killed in action or died in hospital and five were missing in action and are listed below.
In 1920, Royal Bank published a Roll of Honour commemorating those staff members who died or were missing in action, and in 1928 the bank erected large memorial tablets in the newly constructed head office building at 360 St. James Street, Montreal.
CGG / 87th Battalion (Canadia Grenadier Guards) CEF CONNECTION:
SERGEANT AULDJO, born at Edinburgh, Scotland, January 14, 1891. Home in Felton, Northumberland, England. Served two years in the Bank of Scotland. Joined Montreal, Quebec branch, May 10, 1910. Enlisted from Ciego de Avila, Cuba branch, in the 60th Battalion, July 1915. Also served with the 87th Battalion. Present at Vimy Ridge, the Somme, Lens, Passchendaele, and Ypres. Received Card of Honour from his battalion for performing his duty with gallantry and distinction at Ypres, Salient and Lens. Killed in action near Passchendaele, November 14, 1917.
LANCE-CORPORAL GLASS, born at Montreal, Quebec, September 24, 1890. Home in Verdun, Quebec. Joined Head Office staff, Montreal, May 1, 1914. Enlisted from Head Office on October 30, 1915, in the 87th Battalion, Canadian Grenadier Guards. Killed in action at La Coulotte, June 9, 1917.
SIGNALLER KIRVAN, born at Elora, Ontario, April 29, 1897. Home in Guelph, Ontario. Joined Collingwood, Ontario branch, November 4, 1912. Enlisted from Cargill, Ontario branch, February 29, 1916, in the 160th Battalion. Later served with the 87th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action at Arras, September 2, 1918.Created By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Create Date
October 15, 2024Updated By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Update Date
October 15, 2024