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Apr 23, 1894
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Born in Hubbard, Minnesota,
USA to Levi Wesley and Isabelle Victoria (nee Brown) Tinkess
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Nov 4, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59988
(temporary number 579)
Ø Next of kin given
as Levi W. Tinkess, father, Avonmore, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation
given as Labourer
Ø Previous military
experience given as 59th Stormont and Glengarry Regiment, Canadian
Militia, in Cornwall, Ontario
Ø Religion given as
Wesleyan
Ø Assigned to “E”
Company
o This was later
reorganized into “C” Company
o He was later assigned
to the Machine Gun Section
The battalion trained in the
Kingston area through the winter with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries
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Jan 9, 1915
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Admitted to the Kingston
Hospital with a diagnosis that reads Scarlet Fever
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Feb 12, 1915
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Discharged to duty from
hospital
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in
Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe,
Kent to continue training
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in
Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne,
France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Apr 11, 1916
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The 21st Battalion
was deployed in the “P” Trench at the St. Eloi Craters near Zillebeke,
Belgium when Private Roy Tinkess received a bullet wound to the abdomen. He was evacuated to the No. 17 Casualty
Clearing Station for treatment where he died of his wounds at 9:20 pm. He was buried in the nearby Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery, south of Poperinge, Belgium
Following the war, the 1914-15
Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny) and Scroll
were sent to his father, L. Wesley Tinkess, Earl Grey, Saskatchewan
The Memorial Cross was sent to
his mother, Mrs. Isabella Tinkess, Avonmore, Ontario
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