In memory of

Private

Charles Edward Sawden

who died on 19 Aug 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit South Saskatchewan Regiment
  Rank Private
  Service number L12179
  Date of death 19420819
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L12179 Private (South Saskatchewan Regiment) Charles Edward (Charlie) Sawden (b.1910) of Consul was KIA 19420819 at Dieppe (age 32) and is buried at the Canadian war cemetery at Hautot-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France. He was the son of Charles and Erma Sawden who came from Bridlington, East Riding Yorkshire, England, to homestead SE34-2-27-W3 south of Nashlyn just after Charles Jr. was born. Charles Sr. retired to Vancouver just before the war, Erma remarried and moved to Montana. Charles Sr. was a veteran of the 49th Battalion in WWI. Charlie was farming when e enlisted at Weyburn on the outbreak of the war.
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Photo of Sawden Lake
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Additional information
  Links to other web pages His father's WWI attestation
His father's WWI attestation

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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 51 - Reno
  Cemetery or memorial location Dieppe Canadian war cemetery, Hautot-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Consul
  Geo-memorial Sawden Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.1833°N / 106.2333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73O1
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Emmeline Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19100617
  Place of birth Bridlington, East Riding Yorkshire, England    
  Date of enlistment 19390926
  Place of enlistment Weyburn    
  Residence on enlistment Consul    
  Occupation farmer
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