The remains of Cpl. Percy Howarth, a soldier in the First World War, were discovered during a munitions clearing process in Vendin-le-Vieil, France, in 2011, but it would take 10 years of experts digging through his family tree to find a living relative from his maternal line before he could be identified
OTTAWA — After a decade of work tracing DNA back multiple generations, the remains of a Vancouver soldier have been identified more than 100 years after he died in France.Howarth was 23 years old when he 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.
"We have to consider all of the units that went through that specific area of the battlefield of the Battle of Hill 70," she said. Then began the hunt for living relatives of those soldiers on the short list who would be willing to have their DNA tested.In order to confirm or rule out Howarth, experts had to find someone living from his maternal line.
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