A National Defence statement says the remains of First World War soldier Corporal Percy Howarth were discovered in France in 2011, but it would be another decade before he could be identified
A whistle, a pocket watch and DNA analysis helped a Canadian Forces forensic team identify the remains of a Vancouver soldier more than 100 years after he died in France.
Howarth was 23 years old when fought with the 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion in the Battle of Hill 70 near Lens, France, in August, 1917, and was presumed to have died in the fight. Howarth was born in England but immigrated to Canada in 1912 and worked as a sailor in Vancouver before enlisting at the age of 21.
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