Family Search: When Private Roland Kenneth Watson Carswell was born on 17 September 1899, in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edgar Carswell, was 23 and his mother, Amy Watson, was 19. He married Mary Ann Mills on 12 June 1920, in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He immigrated to Canada in 1914 and lived in Thorpe Acre, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada for about 9 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 17, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 13 March 1961, at the age of 61, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Thamesville, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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