Louis Joseph Roy 326893 Gunner 58th Howitzer Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery Canadian Railway Troops May 14, 1882 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia April 12, 1916 Fredericton, New Brunswick Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 33 5 feet, 3½ inches Dark Light Brown Partly Gray Married Cigar Maker Church of England Hattie Roy (Wife) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia September 4, 1918 (Medical Discharge) 36 September 25, 1925 (Age 43) Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, NS Louis Joseph Roy was the son of Louis Joseph Roy (1851-1924) and Anne (Woods) Roy (1859-1954) of Yarmouth. His brothers, David William Roy was killed in action on September 25, 1916 and James Henry Roy died of illness related to service on November 25, 1922. Louis married Hattie McGill (Lewis) Roy on November 4, 1909, in Boston, Massachusetts. Louis Joseph Roy trained in Canada and embarked Halifax for overseas disembarking at Liverpool, England on September 22, 1916. He was transferred to the 3rd Canadian Railway Troops for service in France and arrived in the field on March 11, 1917. On September 3, 1917 he became ill, suffering from Pyrexia (fever) of an undetermined cause, and was hospitalized both in France and England. The condition, also referred to as ‘trench fever’ continued into 1918, and unable to determine the cause he was returned to Canada and hospitalized in April, 1918. He was still suffering from pain in shoulders and legs and experienced shortness of breath. On September 4, 1918 he was discharged from service. Louis Joseph Roy died on September 25, 1925 of an embolism, his death attributed to service.