South Similkameen Branch 192
SOLDIERS OF THE SOUTH SIMILKAMEEN
Roscoe Sheldon Breeden Armstrong
Service No. K1449
Born: April 2, 1913 - Princeton, BC
Died: March 9, 1944
Son of Sheldon & Alice Gertrude (Partington) Breeden1
Adopted Son of Mrs. G.W. Armstrong of Cawston, BC
Husband to Edith (Klapstock) Armstrong of Kamloops, BC
Trooper - Royal Canadian Armoured Corp.
“His cheery smile, and kindly ways,
will live with us, through all our days”
Resting Place:
Kamloops (Pleasant St) Cemetary, Kamloops, BC
Roscoe was born to Sheldon & Alice Breeden in Princeton, BC . His father Sheldon was living in Princeton with his Grandmother3 when he met and married Alice Partington in Keremeos, BC. The family travelled a bit with his sister Stella being born in California2. The family returned to Keremeos in 1918 where his Mother Alice passed away4.
In 1921 Roscoe is listed as an adopted son of Mrs. G. W. Armstrong of Cawston, BC5. Roscoe married Edith Klapstock in Penticton, BC in 1936 and in 1940 Roscoe and Edith where living at Copper Mountain where Roscoe is listed as a Miner6. They had two children before he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Armoured Corp.
Roscoe died of Pneumonia during training in Ontario.
