In memory of

Corporal

Robert Edwin Colwell

who died on 7 Jul 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Corporal
  Service number R70810
  Date of death 19440707
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R70810 Corporal (No. 404 Buffalo Squadron RCAF airframe mechanic) Robert Edwin (Ed) Colwell (b.1921) of Portreeve was KIA 19440707 and is buried at Stonefall cemetery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Colwell's Beaufighter crashed at Strubby, Lincolnshire. He was the son of John Alexander and Mary (Macalister) Colwell who homesteaded SW4-23-22-W3 north of Portreeve in 1913. Ed was educated at Bakerville school, Portreeve and Moose Jaw Tech, and was farming when he enlisted at Regina in 1940.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 230 - Clinworth
  Cemetery or memorial location Stonefall cemetery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Abbey
  Geo-memorial Colwell Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.0833°N / 104.6833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P2
  Geo-memorial details Southeast of Lac la Ronge.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19210510
  Place of birth Portreeve    
  Date of enlistment 19400927
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Portreeve    
  Occupation farmer
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