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|age = 54 Years
|cause_of_death = [[Killed in action]]
|burial_type = Grave / Inscription reads: {{sc|56 Regt. 1882 / Egyptian Army 1886 / C.O. XII Sudanese 1891
|reference_number = A.17.
|resting_place = {{CWGC cemetery|id=7300|name=Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery}}
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There were several appreciations of Colonel Machell printed in local and nation newspapers shortly after the announcement of his dead. There are two appreciations that I think are particularly touching.
[[File:Percy Wilfred Machell, Commanding the Battalion.jpg|thumb|Percy Wilfred Machell - Commanding the Lonsdales|right|280px]]▼
==Service history==
* 1884-85 he served in the Nile Expeditionary Force
* 1886 he was attached to the Egyptian Army and was in command of Fort Khor Moussa,
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==See also==
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Lt-Col. Percy Wilfred Machell (headstone).jpg|Machell's headstone
File:Lt-Col Machell, Blackhall.jpg|On the steps at Blackhall
File:Lt-Col. Machell and Capt. R. Smith at Blackhall.jpg|Walking with Capt. R. Smith
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File:Roger Machell.jpg|Machell's son Roger
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