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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Elgin Clifford Roberts
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Elgin Clifford Roberts
283365
Private
219th Battalion; 85th Battalion
December 7, 1882
Roberts Island, Argyle, Yarmouth County, NS
April 4, 1916
Yarmouth, NS
Upper Argyle, Yarmouth County, NS
33
5 feet, 4 inches
Medium
Brown
Grey
29th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, Yarmouth
Married
Fisherman
Baptist
Beatrice Viola Elgin (Wife) Argyle, Yarmouth Co., NS
April 8, 1968
Private Roberts was the son of Leonard Eillis Roberts (1860–1949) and Clara Eva (Goodwin) Roberts
(1861–1936) of Yarmouth, NS. He was the husband of Beatrice and father of Cilfford Lindsay Roberts of Argyle.
Having completed his initial training in Canada with the 219th between April and October 1916, he
embarked Canada on the SS Olympic December 10, 1916 and disembarked at Liverpool England on October 18,
1916. at Bramshott Camp he was transferred to the 17th Reserve Battalion on January 23, 1917 and proceeded
overseas for service with the 85th Battalion on March 3, 1917. He arrived in France at Havre and joined the
85th Battalion in the field on April 5, 1917.
At Lens, France on August 4, 1917, Private Roberts was severely injured by shrapnel to his left thigh deep
into the muscle and sciatic nerve. Taken from No 6 Casualty Clearing Station to No 22 General Hospital at
Camiers, France, he was transferred to England and admitted to King George Hospital, London on August 16,
1917, and transferred to Ontario Military Hospital, Orpington, Kent on September 25, 1917. He remained there
until September 4, 1918 when he was transferred to Granville Canadian Special Hospital at Buxton, Derbyshire.
On November 14, 1918 he was moved to No 5 Canadian General Hospital, Liverpool.
Invalided to Canada on December 10, 1918, he sailed from Liverpool on His Majesty’s Hospital Ship
(HMHS) Essequibo to Halifax and admitted to Camp Hill Hospital in Halifax on January 1, 1919. After gradual
improvement and treatment he was released and discharged from hospital on July 14, 1919 and from military
service at Halifax on July 17, 1919. He served in Canada, England and France. After his discharge he continued
to have slight loss of function to his left leg.
Private Elgin Clifford Roberts, wife Beatrice and son
Melford (1916)
His Majesty’s Hospital Ship (HMHS) Essequibo
