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Surname: STEAD
Forename(s): Percy
Place of Birth: Bradford, Yorkshire
Service No: 7706
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry)
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 4th Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1916-07-01
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 2 A.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Walter Percy Stead was the son of Arthur Nettleton and Ellen Stead, née Watts. Arthur was born at Bradford, Yorkshire and Ellen at Atworth, Wiltshire.
1891 Bradford, Yorkshire Census: 7, Raglan Street - Walter P. Stead, aged 3 years, son of Arthur and Ellen Stead.
1901 Bradford, Yorkshire Census: Nutter Orphanage, Cousen Road - Percy Stead, aged 13 years, born Bradford. [Percy's father had died in 1893 and mother in 1897.]
1911 Saint Andrew's Barracks, Malta Census: 2nd Battalion The Prince Albert's, Somersetshire Light Infantry - Private Percy Stead, aged 25 years, born Bradford, Yorkshire.
Percy was married to Lily Reeves in 1915.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Percy Stead, 7706, 1st Somerset Light Infantry. Theatre of War first served in 1 [France]. Date of entry therein: 21 August 1914.
Percy is commemorated on the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.
See also:
‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Division
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