Bellicourt British Cemetery, near St Quentin.
Elder son of the late Mr P Sauvage of St Ouen, Jersey.
Commemorated on St Ouens Parish Memorial
Killed in action, aged 32 years.
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Thursday 10
October 1918 Roll of Honour.
To the long list of Jerseymen who have
lost their lives during the war has to be added the
name of Corporal P J Sauvage of the Royal Engineers,
whose death occurred in France some time last month.
The deceased who was 32 was originally a plasterer by
trade and having lost his parents was brought up by
his uncle, Mr P Gasnier Chief Warder at the Public Prison,
to whom he was as a son. A reservist at the outbreak
of war he immediately rejoined and was one of the glorious
band who took part in the retreat from Mons. It is hard
lines indeed that after coming unscathed through 4 years
of hard fighting this gallant soldier should lose his
life at a moment when the enemy resistance is breaking
all along the line.
