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Gunner Fredrick Charles Pentreath
British Army Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery
from:14 Westfield Road, Smethwick
(d.24th July 1917)
Fredrick Charles Pentreath was my Grandmother's brother. He was born in Penzance, Cornwall, and is buried in Dickesbusch New Military Cemetary Extension. He was 29 when he died, and his memory was always spoken about and my Grandmother was able to visit his grave a few years before she died.
Pte. George Peoples
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
(d.1 July 1916)
Pte. Arthur Ishmael Pepler
British Army 2nd/4th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Widcombe, Avon
(d.16th April 1915)
Private Pepler was the husband of Elizabeth Pepler, of 13 Claverton Buildings, Widcombe, Avon.
He was 37 when he died and is buried in the Calicut New Beach Cemetery in India.
Pte. Charles Peplow
British Army 32nd Btn. Machine Gun Corps
from:Sutton in Ashfield
(d.10th Oct 1918)
Pte. Frederick George Pepper
British Army 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Ampthill
(d.8th November 1914)
Private Frederick George Pepper; born in Lidlington, lived and enlisted in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Served with the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment (service no.8200).
He was killed in action on 8th November 1914 in France and Flanders and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Pte. John Pepper
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Usworth
(d.30th June 1916)
John Pepper is burried in Heilly Station Cemetery
Sgt. John Henry Pepper M.M.
British Army 12th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Goole
(d.18th Sep 1918)
Pte. Stanley Pepper
British Army 8th Btn. Suffolk Rgt.
from:Melbourn
Stanley Pepper was gassed in the trenches.
Pte. Thomas Pepperd
British Army 10th Btn. A Coy Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire
(d.27th February 1916)
Thomas Pepperd was born in 1883 in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, the son of Patrick & Mary. His marriage to Agnes Wright was registered in Warrington, Lancashire in 1906. They had 3 children Jane 1906, Annie 1908 & John 1910. He was a coal miner & lived in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire & also in Ashton-in-Makerfield. He died of wounds "at home" on 27th of February 1916, his death being registered in St George, Hanover Square, London. He was buried in the churchyard at St Oswald's Roman Catholic Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield.
L/Cpl. Joseph Henry Pepperdine
Canadian Army 7th Field Ambulance Canadian Army Medical Corps
from:Calgary, Alberta
Joseph Pepperdine signed up in April 1915 and was shipped out to the Marne, Belgium. He came back home in the fall of 1919. He served as a medic during the war (stretcher carrier). He sent home $10 per month to his family in Calgary. Colonel McRae was his commanding officer of 7th or 8th field ambulance.
I do not not have any other information but would be interested in finding out more about him because he was my grandfather.
David Percival
British Army 9th Btn Cheshire Regiment
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Spr. Frederick Percival
British Army 526 (1st Durham) Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:West Hartlepool
(d.3rd Oct 1917)
Frederick Percival enlisted at Jarrow and served in 526 (1st Durham) Field Company, Royal Engineers. He also had service in the Royal Engineers Territorials - Service No.541. Frederick's medal card shows entitlement to the British War and Victory Medals. He was the son of John and Catherine Percival having been born at Jarrow in 1892. He had lived in West Hartlepool.
Frederick died on the 3rd October 1917. He is buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery and remembered at St Paul's Church
CSM. George William Garnett Percival
British Army 7th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
from:Runcorn
(d.8th July 1916)
George Percival joined the 1st Battalion, South Lancashire in the late 1800's and served 3 years in Africa during the Boer War. In 1902 he transferred to the 2nd Battalion and travelled to India with that unit. Upon his return to England GWG left the regular forces but remained in the reserves. With the start of the First World War in 1914 he re-enlisted and was posted to the 7th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment . It appears with the rank of Company Sergeant Major although records show that at some point he was given the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 2nd Class (CWO II) but he declined for personal reasons.
He died on 8th of July 1916, aged 36, from wounds received during the taking of La Boisselle at the Somme. This is an assumption given the battle occurred on the 3rd/4th and he was buried a distance from the front lines, in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
Pte J C Percival
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:25, Albion Grove, Sale, Cheshire
(d.23rd Jul 1918)
Percival, J, C. Private, 66129, Killed on 23rd July 1918. 19th Btn Historical Records show his service number as 66120.
Buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord, in grave II. A. 22.
Son of Mr. J. Percival, of 25, Albion Grove, Sale, Cheshire.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
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.
Sub.-Lt. Algernon William Percy
Royal Naval Reserves HMS Queen Mary
(d.31st May 1916)
Algernon William Percy was Killed in action in the Battle of Jutland. He is buried at Fredrikstad, Norway.
Gnr. Ernest Walton Percy
British Army 63rd Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.1st November 1917)
Ernest Percy was born 22nd November 1877 in Salford, Lancashire. He married Amelia Gordon Robertson on 12th June 1907 in Aberdeen, Scotland and they had two children.
He signed his declaration 29th of November 1915 in Aberdeen. His declaration was approved 10th of August 1916 for the RGA at The Citadel Plymouth. He was a Gunner in the 63rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
His service record states:
- Home: 7.8.16 to 30.9.17
- BEF France 1.10.17 to 1.11.17
- Died of Wounds France 1.11.17
- Awards: BW and V Medal with clasp
The information regarding his effects state he died at the 18th Corps Main Dressing Station. It is unclear exactly where he died in France, i.e. the location of the 18th Corps Main Dressing Station.
George R. Percy
British Army 255th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers
I have found a charming little album with WW1 drawings and poems and writings, trying to trace one of the inserts, this is what it says......
Here's wishing you all that you wish, Good luck to all at No 4! (from one of the West Riding boys) signed Geo. R. Percy 255th Coy R.E 21st June 1916.
I would love any info on anything to do with this. Many thanks.
Editors Note:
This type of album was often kept by nurses, the sketches and poems being from the patients in their ward, often as a parting message. There were several hospitals with No.4 in the name, including the 4th Northern General Hospital at Lincoln.
Pte. Henry Miles Pereira
British Army 16th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:12 Anatola Road, North London
(d.5th June 1916)
Whilst researching my family tree and chatting to my mother who is aged 84 and nee Pereira, the question came as to why my uncle's middle name was Miles. Mum explained it was following the death of her uncle during the first world war. Henry Miles Pereira's death in France on the 5th June 1916 was never really discussed by Mum's family she explained. I have since attempted to find out more; I have established very little if anything about his death in service, other than being shot in the thigh and this wound proving to be fatal; he was a "bomber" which I understand to be a hand grenade thrower during trench attacks. I would be very interested to find out more. He is buried at Beuvry in the Gorre British Cemetery. I located his death plaque, medals, death scroll and more importantly letter from his CO to his mother, all on an auction web site. Sadly this was post-auction and I was unable to secure these family heirlooms. I hope they are proudly displayed in another distant relative's home.
Sgt. Ernest Duncan Perfect
British Army 11th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leeds
(d.7th June 1917)
Private Frank William Perfett
British Army 2/5th Btn Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Arnold, Nottingham
The above named was my grandfather who died after the Second World War. At the outbreak of WW1 it is not known whether he tried to enlist or not. But due to his job, a signalman on the Great Northern Railway, he was considered to be in a trade/profession that was of national importance. It is recorded that he enlisted as a 'Lord Darby's' man and wore an armband with a red crown affixed. Sometime in 1917 he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment and after training, he he was posted to the 2/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment part of the 59th (North Midland Division)and he joined them near Arras, northern France. The Battalion Diary entry dated 1st & 2nd March 1918 indicates that the Battalion was at a place named Ecoust St Mein. At 4.00am, 21st March 1918, the Battalion was now part of the 9th Division and encamped at Mory. There had been intermittent gunfire through the night but at 4.00am this became more intense and there was no doubt that the front line was now taking in heavyfire from the German artillery. This was to be the start of the German offensive on the Hindenbrg Line and known as the 'Kaiserschlact'. At 5.00am the Battallion was ordered immediately with other units to their allotted positions in the support line third system which ran east of the Vraucourt-St.Leger road. At 12.00noon the 2/5th Lincolnshire with the 4th Leicesters were ordered to occupy the second system trenches. It is known that he was in the front line near to the village of Epehy. At some time during the next few days, my grandfather was severley 'Gassed' and was returned to Battalion HQ and subsequently returned to England. He was demobilised in 1919. During my time with grandfather, he always seemed to suffer with his chest. He also had pox marks on his face but dismissed them.
2nd.Lt. Albert Perkins
British Army 197th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Loughborough
(d.4th October 1917)
Taken from Local Newspaper:-
"Loughborough Town Clerk's son killed".
"Much sympathy was felt in Loughborough with the Town Clerk (Mr. Harry Perkins), who on Tuesday evening received official notification of the death of his second son second Lieut. Albert Perkins, of the Machine Gun Corps, which took place on Oct.4th from wounds. Second Lieut. Perkins was 27 years of age, and married. He was articled to the late Mr. A. E. King, architect, and on his death joined Mr. Haynes in carrying on the business. He enlisted in September 1914, with a number of Loughborough young men. In the Public Schools Battalion, and went to France In November 1915, returning to England the following March to take his cadet's course for a commission. The deceased officer was then attached to the 149th Machine Gun Corps, with which he continued until he had to go into hospital for sickness from which he recovered in about a month, and was then transferred to the 197th M.G.C. and stationed near the Flanders coast."
A letter of Sympathy was received by Mrs. Albert Perkins from the Captain of the Machine Gun Company to which her late husband, Second Lieutenant Perkins, was attached. The writer expresses the deepest sympathy of his brother officers, and says-
"Although he only joined this company a week ago, we were all beginning to have a very warm regard for him, and I am sure that he had not been so unfortunately taken from us we should soon have learned to love him. His bright cheery disposition and companionable ways makes us feel his loss keenly. This being so with us, who only knew him for one short week, makes it very easy for us to have some little idea as to your feelings at the loss of one who must have been dearer to you than life itself". The writer goes to say he was with Second Lieutenant Perkins when he died. During a terrible bombardment a shell burst just outside their shelter and a splinter struck him on the right breast, and in five minutes he passed away, quite peacefully and painlessly. The letter adds: "He died a soldiers death- to my mind the most glorious death to die- but he was young and fair, cut off in his prime, which is always so sad. He showed all the qualities of a gallant soldier and a gentleman, which though, I hope will cheer you when you think of the departed dear one."
Gnr Charles Perkins
British Army 158th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Cardiff
(d.25th May 1917)
Charles Perkins served with the 158th Seige Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery in WW1. He died 25th of May 1917 aged 29 years and is buried Duisans British Cemetery at Etrun in France. Son of Charles Perkins of 14 Lansdowne Rd., Canlon, Cardiff.
Fireman Edward George Perkins
Mercantile Marine Reserve H.M.S. Bostonian
(d.10th Oct 1917)
Edward Perkins is commemorated on the War Memorial plaque in the Church of St James, West Tilbury, Essex.
Cpl. George Francis Perkins
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars
from:High Wycombe, Bucks.
(d.14th Nov 1917)
George Francis Perkins served with the 1st Battalion Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry during WW1 and was killed in action on the 14th November 1917, aged 25. He is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza. He was the husband of Margaret Nellie Perkins, of Myrtle Cottage, Terriers, High Wycombe, Bucks. Born at Terriers, High Wycombe, Bucks.
Cpl. George Francis Perkins
British Army 1st/1st Btn. Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars
from:High Wycombe, Bucks
(d.14th Nov 1917)
George Perkins died on the 14th of Novemeber 1917, aged 25. Buried in the Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza, he was the usband of Margaret Nellie Perkins, of Myrtle Cottage, Terriers, High Wycombe, Bucks. George was born at Terriers, High Wycombe, Bucks.
Cpl. George Francis Perkins
British Army 1st/1st Btn. Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars
from:High Wycombe, Bucks
(d.14th Nov 1917)
George Perkins died of wounds aged 25. He is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza. He was the husband of Margaret Nellie Perkins, of Myrtle Cottage, Terriers, High Wycombe, Bucks and was born at Terriers, High Wycombe, Bucks.
Pte. Horace William Perkins
British Army 103rd Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Rushden, Northants
Horace Perkins survived 24 months at the front, but never recovered from it. Never spoke about his experiences to his wife or his son, my father.
Pte. James Reynolds Perkins
British Army 9th Service Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Nottingham
L/Cpl. John William Perkins
British Army 2nd Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Hemsworth, Pontefract
(d.15th July 1917)
Willie Perkins was killed whilst serving with 2nd Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
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