In memory of

Private

Percy Henry Schotts

who died on 8 Aug 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
  Rank Private
  Service number H200129
  Date of death 19440808
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  H200129 Private (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Percy Henry Schotts (b.1916) of Simpson was KIA 19440808 in Operation Totalize during the push to Falaise and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. Schotts' family came from Listowel, Perth Co., Ontario, to the Venn district in 1918 and he grew up there. Percy's mother Sarah lived for a time at Simpson after his father William died. Percy farmed with his family and spent a few months working at a munitions plant before enlisting at Winnipeg in 1942.

Percy's older brother died in World War I. 727687 Private (58th Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) Roy Stanley Schotts of Listowel was KIA 19171026 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, Belgium, for the 55,000 troops who died with no known graves in the defence of the Ypres salient.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 280 - Wreford
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Simpson
  Geo-memorial Schotts Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.0833°N / 102.2167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63M1
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Wildnest Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19161020
  Place of birth Listowel, Perth Co, Ontario    
  Date of enlistment 19420522
  Place of enlistment Winnipeg, Manitoba    
  Residence on enlistment Simpson    
  Occupation farmer
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