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Percy Roach Sawtell

In memory of:

Lieutenant Percy Roach Sawtell

June 21, 1917

Military Service


Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

50th Bn.

Citation(s):

Military Medal, 1914-15 Star

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

March 20, 1891
Somersetshire, England

Enlistment:

December 31, 1914
Calgary, Alberta

Son of Francis Henry and Rhoda Sawtell, of Elbridge, Bognor, England.

Commemorated on Page 322 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VIII. D. 9.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Medal– Submitted for the project: Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker

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