Thiepval Memorial, France, Somme

 

Ex-Bandsman in the Royal Guernsey Militia

Son of Jersey born Peter Roland (Pierre Francois Rueland) & French born Felicite Marie Augustine MoBuchon, of Victoria Bar, St. Sampson's, Guernsey. Born at Vale, Guernsey. Enlisted at Guernsey. (The family name was originally Rueland)

 

Killed in action near Ginchy, aged 21 years

Lance Corporal Peter Frank Roland
C Coy, 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment
09/09/1916

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record

(Photograph courtesy of Trevor Roland)

Commemorated on:
Island (Bailiwick) Memorial, St Peter Port, Guernsey
St Martin's Parish Memorial, Guernsey
Memorial Plaque from French Consulate's Office in Jersey. Now at St Thomas' Church, Jersey