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 Belgium
  Person 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

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Cobden Memorial Hall Plaque with Names of Fallen Soldiers The Cobden Sun, Nov 13, 1919
  		WWI Memorial Plaque - Cobden Legion Photograph provided by Wayne Bennett
  		WWI Honor Roll, Grace United Church, Cobden Photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 25, 2022

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Romea, Pte. Frank - Canadian Virtual War Memorial http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1595686?Frank%20Romea
  		Romea, Pte. Frank - WWI Personal Records Library and Archives Canada
  		Romea, Pte. Frank - Book of Remembrance Veterans Affairs Canada
  		Romea, Pte. Frank - Commemorative Certificate Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  		CHx-Memorial Hall Corner Stone Laid newspaper article-The Cobden Sun, Aug 29, 1919 p. 1
  		CHx-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

  
  

• 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

  
  

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