Pte. Frank ROMEA
1896 - 1916 (20 years)-
Name Frank ROMEA Prefix Pte. Birth 7 Apr 1896 Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Gender Male Census-Household Member 1901 Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Census 1911 Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada domestic living in Hugh Shields household Occupation 1915 baker Attestation Papers 28 Jul 1915 Welland, Thorold, Ontario, Canada [1, 2] #141761; 24th Bn - 39th Bn C.T.D. WW1 15 Apr 1916 Ypres, , Belgium Canadian Infantry, 24th Battalion (Quebec Regt) WW1 15 Apr 1916 Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium [3] Canadian Infantry, 24th Battalion (Quebec Regt); killed in action, trenches at St. Eloi Name Frank Roma Name Frank Romeau Death 15 Apr 1916 St. Eloi, West Flanders, Belgium Burial Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium [4, 5, 6, 7] Address:
Menin Gate Memorial
Ypres, West Flanders
BelgiumPerson ID I41867135 Whitewater Region Early Families Last Modified 7 Dec 2021
Father Louis ROMEA, b. Abt 1863, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Aft 1921 (Age ~ 59 years) Mother Mary FERRIER, b. 27 Apr 1856, Dundee, Angus, Scotland d. 12 Feb 1906, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years) Marriage 12 Aug 1884 Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [8, 9] Family ID F13522710 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Cobden Memorial Hall Plaque with Names of Fallen Soldiers
The Cobden Sun, Nov 13, 1919WWI Memorial Plaque - Cobden Legion
Photograph provided by Wayne BennettWWI Honor Roll, Grace United Church, Cobden
Photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 25, 2022
Documents Romea, Pte. Frank - Canadian Virtual War Memorial
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1595686?Frank%20RomeaRomea, Pte. Frank - WWI Personal Records
Library and Archives CanadaRomea, Pte. Frank - Book of Remembrance
Veterans Affairs CanadaRomea, Pte. Frank - Commemorative Certificate
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionCHx-Memorial Hall Corner Stone Laid
newspaper article-The Cobden Sun, Aug 29, 1919 p. 1CHx-Two documents found in corner stone of destroyed Memorial Hall
Newspaper Clipping from the 1958 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren,
provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
Histories Romea, Pte. Frank - casualty WWI
Articles and information compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted
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Notes - Cobden of the Past FB Page Nov 7, 2018
?Who were WWI casualties from Cobden
Pte. Frank Romea of Cobden, was a baker who enlisted July 28, 1915 at age 19 and died April 15, 1916 in St. Eloi, age 20. He was the son of Louis Romea & Mary Ferrier, born in Pembroke. He was serving with the 24th Canadian Battalion when killed in action.
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/?/personnel-recor?/Pages/item.aspx? - Role: Household Member
Census-Household Member:
- Role: Household Member
- Cobden of the Past FB Page Nov 7, 2018
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- [S495607] Canada., Mil-WWI Personnel Records of the First World War, ( Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx.).
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https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1595686?Frank%20Romea - [S190797] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), #010168 Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Reliability: 3).
- [S475305] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), #010168 Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Reliability: 3).
- [S495188] Ancestry.com, Mil-Military Attestation Papers, (Ancestry.com. Canada, WWI CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006. Images are used with the permission of Library and Archives Canada.).