Grave located at Riviere St Jean, Cote Nord, Quebec, Canada

A recent request on social media to a history group in Riviere St Jean led to the discovery and confirmation of Edwin’s place of death and the site of his burial.

It would seem that he is buried on private land and is not buried in a cemetery. At the time of his death there was a local Catholic cemetery but as Edwin was Protestant he could not be buried there.

The current owner of the property where he is buried took the photograph above in November 2018.

The epitaph on Edwin Le Rossignol’s grave reads:

“SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
EDWIN J. LE ROSSIGNOL
OF THE ISLAND OF JERSEY
BORN JULY 17TH 1891
DIED NOVEMBER 5TH 1918
HE WENT FORTH TO THE GREAT
WORLD WAR AND WOUNDED
HE RETURNED BUT TO FALL A VICTIM
OF THE TERRIBLE EPIDEMIC OF
SPANISH INFLUENZA
RIP”

Commemorated on:
St Brelade's Memorial, Jersey

Private Edwin Leigh Le Rossignol (served as Edwin Louis Le Rossignol)
60th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
05/11/1918

 

Born at St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands on 17 July 1891.
Son of Philippe Le Rossignol and Mary Julia Le Rossignol née Le Fol

Died from influenza, aged 27 years

 

Wounded in action Jun 2nd 1916 at Hooge during Battle of Mont Sorrel whilst serving with the 60th Battalion. While on duty in the trenches he was hit by shrapnel causing a large wound above the left scapula. On 5th June 1916 he received medical treatment at No 22 General Hospital Camiers, where the wound was cleaned and some bone splinters removed.

On 10 June 1916 he was transferred to the Royal Free Hospital London. He was transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Home, Bromley on 25th August 1916.

Discharged from the Canadian Army in England 4 Oct 1916
Cause of Discharge: Wounds. King’s Regulation O.392 (xvi)
Silver War Badge issued 19 Jan 1917

A Canadian Soldier by Lara Pollard