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Surname: HARGREAVES
Forename(s): Percy
Place of Birth: Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire
Service No: 39581
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 21st Division
Age: 39
Date of Death: 1917-05-28
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. A. 15.
CWGC Cemetery: ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Percy Hargreaves was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Hargreaves, née Breaks. Both parents were born at Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire.
1881 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Percy Hargreaves, aged 3 years, born Bolton-by-Bowland, son of Henry and Elizabeth Hargreaves.
1891 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Percy Hargreaves, aged 13 years, born Bolton-by-Bowland, son of Henry and Elizabeth Hargreaves.
1901 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Percy Hargreaves, aged 23 years, born Bolton-by-Bowland, son of Henry and [stepson of] Margaret Hargreaves. [Henry had married Margaret Lawson in 1893.]
1911 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Percy Hargreaves, aged 33 years, born Bolton-by-Bowland, son [stepson] of Margaret Hargreaves, widow.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Percy Hargreaves, 39581, Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Percy's nephew, Second Lieutenant Willoughby Frankland Hargreaves, 66th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps, was killed in an aeroplane accident on the 21 February 1918. He is buried in Giavera British Cemetery, Arcade, Italy and commemorated on the Clitheroe War Memorial and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Roll of Honour.
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:
HARGREAVES, Percy, [Bolton-by-Bowland], aged 40, K.O.Y.L.I., died of wounds May 28, 1917.
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Private Percy HARGREAVES
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division
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Second Lieutenant Willoughby Frankland Hargreaves
Willoughby, who was killed in an aeroplane accident on the 21 February 1918, was the nephew of Private Percy Hargreaves (see Additional Information)
‘Clitheroe Advertiser’ (1 March 1918)
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20 April 1917
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND – Wounded
Private Percy Hargreaves, K.O.Y.L.I., is lying seriously ill in the 1st South African Hospital, France, suffering from gunshot wounds of the cheek. He was wounded on Monday, the 9th, and admitted to hospital on the 13th.
08 June 1917
HARGREAVES – On Whit Monday, at the 8th African Hospital, France, from wounds received in France, Pte. Percy Hargreaves, K.O.Y.L.I., stepson of Mrs. Hargreaves, Bolton-by-Bowland, aged 40 years.
08 June 1917
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND – DEATH OF PRIVATE PERCY HARGREAVES
On Thursday of last week Mrs. Hargreaves received notice from the War Office that her stepson, Private Percy Hargreaves, had died of wounds in the 8th African Hospital, Abbeville, France, on Whit Monday. It was only on 14th September last that he joined the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and for a few months was in training near Ferriby. In January he went to France, and was out about three months in the thick of much fighting around Lille. Unluckily he was badly wounded in the back, head and chest, and paralysis ensued. He suffered much, and by a coincidence, died on the same date as his father seven years ago. The matron of the hospital spoke highly of his patience in the midst of his sufferings.
On Sunday last, at the Parish Church, the Rector read the collect from the Burial Service, the Dead March was played, and Hymn 221 Ancient and Modern was sung in his memory.
Deceased was about 40 years of age and a bachelor. He had a drapery business along with his stepmother, and was well known over a wide area. He had occupied several offices in connection with the village, viz., secretary to the Amicable Society, joint manager of the Yorkshire Penny Bank, and collector of Income Tax. Much sympathy is felt with his relatives on their irreparable loss.
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20 April 1917
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND – WOUNDED
Pte. Percy Hargreaves, K.O.Y.L.I., is lying seriously ill in the 1st South African Hospital, France, suffering from gunshot wounds of the cheek. He was wounded on Monday, the 9th, and admitted to hospital on the 13th.
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