Name
Roland Walter Lines
14/03/1877
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/09/1916
39
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Canadian Engineers
1st Field Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Searched but not found
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
I. K. 4.
France
Headstone Inscription
"IN LOVING MEMORY"
UK & Other Memorials
St John the Baptist Church Memorial, Aldbury, Aldbury Peace Memorial Institute Memorial, Aldbury, Royal Institute of British Architects WW1 Memorial Westminster London
Pre War
Roland Walter LINES was born in Aldbury, Hertfordshire, on 14th March 1877, son of John James Lines a Certified Schoolmaster and Mary Ann Lines (nee Brown). One of their eight children although two died in infancy. His parents were married on 30th December 1862, in Rugby, Warwickshire, his mother’s home town.
Rowland was Baptised on 19th March 1877, in the Parish of Aldbury, Herts.
1881 Census records Roland aged 4, living with his parents, and five brothers, at The Schoolmasters House, in the Village of Aldbury, Herts. His Uncle and Aunt Walter and Ellen Hollinshead and Cousin Annie Hollinshead are living with them.
1891 Census, Roland (14), is at School, living with his parents and four brothers, at The Schoolhouse, Church Row, Aldbury, Herts.
1901 Census, Roland (24) is working as an Architects Assistant, living with his parents, at The Schoolhouse, Aldbury, Herts. Roland would later emigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, working as an Architect and Engineer.
1911 Census records his parents John (69) and Mary (71) living at Gothic Cottage, Aldbury, Herts. His mother Mary died later that year.
Wartime Service
Roland enlisted on 15th January 1915, at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he gave his age as 37 years and his occupation as an Architect and Engineer, initially with the 49th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for England on 4th June 1915, on his arrival, his Battalion was sent to Shorncliffe Camp in Kent, (Shorncliffe was a Canadian Camp/Barracks and training area in WW 1), he was later transferred to the 1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers.
On completion of his training he was sent to the Western Front, he was Killed in Action on 9th September 1916, aged 39, he in buried in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Grave Ref: I. K. 4.
Additional Information
His Headstone inscription “IN LOVING MEMORY” was requested by Mr. J. Lines, of Milton House, Newhaven, Sussex, his eldest brother.n “IN LOVING MEMORY” was requested by Mr. J. Lines, of Milton House, Newhaven, Sussex, his eldest brother.
His service record is available on-line at the Canadian National Archives.www.bac-lac.gc.ca/
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Jonty Wild
