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Surname: PERCY
Forename(s): Archibald Gordon
Place of Birth: Giggleswick, Yorkshire
Service No: 38863
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion
Division: 61st (2/South Midland) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-06-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. D. 8.
CWGC Cemetery: AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GIGGLESWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Archibald Gordon Percy was the son of William and Sarah Ann Percy, née Sharpes. William was born at Giggleswick, Yorkshire and Sarah at Chester, Cheshire. Archibald’s brother, Lance Bombardier George Hardy Percy, 1087847, 84th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery lost his life in the Second World War. He died of wounds on 24 October 1942. Archibald and George were nephew’s of Private Thomas Higson Percy (1326) (q.v.).
1901 Giggleswick, Yorkshire Census: Armistead House - Archibald G. Percy, aged 2 years, born Giggleswick, son of William and Sarah A. Percy.
1911 Giggleswick, Yorkshire Census: Tems Street - Archibald Gordon Percy, aged 12 years, born Giggleswick, son of William and Sarah Ann Percy.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Archibald G. Percy, 38863, R. Berks. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: L/Cpl Archibald G. Percy, 38863, 2/4 R. Berks. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Archibald Gordon Percy, 38863, 2/4 Bn R. Berks. Date and Place of Death: 24.6.18. 51 C.C.S. France. Wounds. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother sole legatee - Sarah A. £14 0s. 8d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Archibald.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
PERCY, Corporal A. G., aged 19, Royal Berkshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Percy, [Giggleswick], died of wounds, June 24, 1918.
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L/Corporal Archibald Gordon PERCY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 61st (2/South Midland) Division
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12 July 1918
Another Giggleswick Soldier Killed in Action
Lance Corporal A. G. Percy of the Royal Berks. Regiment, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Percy, Tems Street, Giggleswick, died in the 51st C.C.S., France, on the 24th June last from guns shot wounds received in action the previous day. The deceased soldier was only 19 years of age, and enlisted in January of last year, and proceeded to France last February. Previous to joining up he was employed by the Craven Lime Company. The Vicar of Giggleswick received the following letter in reference to the deceased:–- “4th July 1918. Dear Mr. Brocklehurst – In answer to your letter which has just reached me (having been sent to the 57th C.C.S.), I buried on 25th June a Lance-Corporal G. Percy, 38868, Royal Berks. Regt. He is evidently the boy you wrote about. He came into the C.C.S. late on 23rd June, and died early the next morning. I did not see him so I can tell you nothing about his last moments. I buried him in the town cemetery. His body was enclosed in a coffin and covered with the Union Jack. After the burial service I read the first verse of ‘Now the labourer’s task is o’er’; then the burial parts; saluted, and we left him to rest until the last great day. Please express my sympathy to his widowed mother. If she wishes for a photo of the grave she can get one by applying to the Director of Graves Registration, Winchester House, St James’ Square, London, S.W. – Yours sincerely, W. A. RUNDELL, C.E.”
27 June 1919
PERCY – In loving memory of our dear son, Lance-Corporal Archibald Gordon Percy, late 2/4th Royal Berks. Regiment, who died of wounds received in action, June 24th, 1918, and was laid to rest in Aire Communal Cemetery.
He left his home in perfect health,
He looked so strong and brave;
He little thought how soon he’d be
Laid in a hero’s grave.
He gives us still the dear old smile
From the photo on the wall;
We feel as if our hearts would break
When fond memories we recall.
From his loving Mother, Sister, Brothers and Maggie, Tems Street, Giggleswick, Settle.
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12 July 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Giggleswick Soldier Killed
Lance-Corpl. A.G. Percy, of the Royal Berks. Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Percy, Tems Street, Giggleswick, died in the 51st Casualty Clearing Station, France, on June 24th, from gunshot wounds received in action the previous day. The deceased soldier was only 19 years of age, and enlisted in January of last year, and proceeded to France last February. Previous to joining up he was employed by the Craven Lime Company. The Vicar of Giggleswick received the following letter in reference to the deceased:– “In answer to your letter, which has just reached me, having been sent to the 57th Casualty Clearing Station, I buried on 25th June a Lance-Corpl. G. Percy, 38863, Royal Berks. Regiment. He is evidently the boy you wrote about. He came into the Casualty Clearing Station late on 23rd June and died early on the next morning. I did not see him, so I can tell yon nothing about his last moments. I buried him in the town cemetery; his body was enclosed in a coffin and covered with the Union Jack. After the burial service I read the first verse of ‘Now the labourer’s task is o’er,’ then the burial party saluted, and we left him to rest until the last great day. Please express my sympathy to his widowed mother. May God give her strength to bear her sorrow. If she wishes for a photo of the grave she can get one by applying to the Director of Graves Registration, Winchester House, St. James’s Square, London, S.W. – Yours sincerely, W. A. Rundel, C.E.”
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