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Spr. William Garvie Calder

British Army 219th Field Company Royal Engineers

from:Fraserborough

(d.30th September 1918)

I found Wullie Calder , a fellow Sapper, in Joncourt British Cemetery in France as I searched for my Great Grandfather, Pte Thomas Galloway of the 10th Btn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Wullie is the only Sapper laid to rest in the small cemetery and I'm glad I found him a 100 years to the day that he fell in battle.

His Unit, the 219th Field Coy RE, smashed through the Requeval Bridge obstacles and bridged the canal to enable the Division to reach the east bank then on up to Joncourt through the Hindenburg Line were he was struck by machine gun fire alongside the Argyll's.

The inscription on his gravestone reads,

THY TASK IS O'ER SWEET MEMORIES OF THEE WILL LIVE FOR EVERMORE

Sappers don't die they just regroup to the bar in heaven.



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