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L/Cpl. William Frederick Percival
British Army 11th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Swan Street, Chappel, Essex
William Percival was evacuated from Gallipoli with enteric fever. He was subsequently downgraded to the Labour Corps 547678 and invalided out 20th of Sept 1919 as no longer fit for service he was then awarded a silver war badge.
William died from tuberculosis in 1929, his widow tried to obtain a widows pension but was told that William could have caught TB from anywhere therefore she was not entitled to a widows pension. Isn't that appalling after putting your life on the line for your country, his widow had to bring up 4 children on her own with no help or assistance in abject poverty, something my mother never forgot. RIP William.

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