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Patrick Albert Darnley Routh
In memory of:
Corporal Patrick Albert Darnley Routh
May 23, 1944
Military Service
K/85370
24
Army
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Additional Information
December 3, 1919
Summerland, British Columbia
November 4, 1939
Esquimalt, Quebec
Son of Albert and Cherrie Meredith Routh, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 433 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
IX. B. 5.
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY lies in the Commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, 139 kilometres south-east of Rome. It is situated in the valley of the River Liri immediately below the southern spurs of the central Apennines. Above it at a distance of one kilometre is the dominating hill on which stands the Abbey of Monte Cassino, founded by St. Benedict in the year 529 on the site of an ancient temple of Apollo. If approaching the CASSINO WAR CEMETERY by road, follow the Highway A2 from Rome to Naples and leave it at the Cassino exit. After passing the pay booths, follow the sign for Cassino. At the traffic lights, after a block of flats, turn right towards the locality of S. Angelo and the CWGC signs will then be seen.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Newspaper clipping – Photo and obituary Vancouver Newspaper -
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Certificate – The Province of British Columbia and the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names names Mount Routh to commemorate the death of Cpl. Patrick Albert Darnley Routh PPCLI, who was KIA at Monte Casino. He was struck by shrapnel from air burst artillery in the back of the head and mortally wounded and laid out under a tree by his comrades to die. This according to his Company Sergeant Major. -
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