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• "Canadian soldier's remains ID'd over a century after he died in WW I." CBC Radio, January 17, 2023.

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Upps! Fixed.

Answer 1

Thank you for sharing that was a great story! The amount of time and work with that dedication to have to go back to his grandmothers siblings lineage is amazing. I so happy for his family to finally have closure. He died one day before his birthday I can’t imagine the grief of his mother and sisters to never see him come home. War is horrible!

Answer 2

Such great news for the family! I remembering watching something a while back (on YouTube I believe) about the fact that Canada is always trying to discover the identity of soldiers whenever they find remains. DNA at work!

Answer 3

Do we have enough info to create a profile for him?  Thanks for posting the article!

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Someone with more knowledge of England genealogy than me should be able to tackle it.

Percy's attestation papers:

https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=pffww&IdNumber=471296

Full CEF personnel file:

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1087152:61084

With his father Richard's address in Darwen, Lancashire given there, this matches with the 1911 England census:

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/21852452:2352

Same family in 1901:

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/25160929:7814

Answer 4

Thank you for sharing this story and how wonderful that he has finally been identified  and will now be interred with a suitable inscription on the memorial. .

 I did not know about the significance of a whistle as a clue to a soldier being higher in rank than a private.