Percival, William –

Son of Thomas Percival, of 51, Market Street, Little Lever, Lancashire, and the late Betsy Percival. Killed by shell fire.

Personal details

  • Surname: Percival
  • Forename: William
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Little Lever, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Little Lever, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 23
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: August 4th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Gunner
  • Unit: "B" Battery, 121st Brigade.
  • Service number: 138777
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: August 4th, 1914 - 1914-08-04
  • Enlistment location: Farnworth, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: IV. A. 11.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Chronicle: 17/08/1917
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 17/08/1917 28/12/1917

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