Percy STEAD

Main CPGW Record

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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