Son of Police Constable William Cain and Mary Elizabeth Cain, of The Police Station, 496, Bury Road, Breightmet, Bolton, Lancashire. Died of malaria.
Cain, Percy –
Personal details
- Surname: Cain
- Forename: Percy
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 19
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: September 19th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Driver
- Unit: "B" Battery, 101st Brigade.
- Service number: 710789
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: April 9th, 1916 - 1916-04-09
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Artillery (Nelson Square) Memorial - Bolton
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Breightmet United Reform Church Memorial Cross
- St. James's (Breightmet) C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece
- CWGC reference: D. 553.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 16/04/1915 05/10/1917 07/12/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7g 4g/6e* S15*
- Bolton Chronicle: 12/10/1917