Lieutenant Roy Maurice Gzowski was born on 19 January 1890 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Colonel Sir Casimir Gzowski and Mary Elizabeth Bell.  His father was born in St. Petersburg, Russia to the son of a Polish count.

An older brother attended Upper Canada College so it’s possible that Roy did as well.

A niece married QOR Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bethune Lindsey.

It’s not clear when he joined The Queen’s Own Rifles.

While participating in F Company on the Regiment’s 632-rifleman visit to the United Kingdom died of typhoid fever on 25 September 1910.

Although the regiment had already departed for Canada, the British Army conducted a military funeral and he was buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery (see info about the grave and the marker.)

CANADIAN OFFICER’S FUNERAL.
“The funeral of Lieut. Roy Gzowski, of the Queen’s Own (Canadian) Rifles, who died in hospital from pneumonia following typhoid fever, took place at Aldershot on Friday and was attended by detachments from every regiment in the garrison.

The Buffs, to whom the Canadians were attached during their stay in England, furnished the firing party, and the pipers of the Cameron Highlanders played the weird lament “The Flowers of the Forest.”

The coffin, covered with wreaths, was borne on a gun carriage drawn by six horses of the Royal Horse Artillery. Several thousands of people watched the passage of the funeral procession.”

Gloucestershire Echo – Saturday 01 October 1910