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NAME: Perry, Percy George
RANK: Private
UNIT: Royal Fusiliers (formerly 139 12th Lancers & 897 Army Veterinary Corps)
BATTALION ETC: 7th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER: GS/69524
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in action 9th May 1918
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
OTHER INFORMATION: Age 30. He was in the 12th Lancers in 1911 serving in Egypt, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Sudan. Rejoined August 1914. Winchester War Service Register gives address as 21 Victoria Road, Winchester. Son of Albin George and Emily Perry of 54 Wharf Hill, Winchester in 1891 and 39 St Catharines Road, Winchester in 1901. (Albin George married Bertha in 1905 and was living at 39 St Catharines Road, Winchester in 1911.) Husband of Harriet Perry of 14 Canada Rd., Woolston, Hants. Married January-March 1917 at South Stoneham, Hampshire. Born, enlisted & resided: Winchester.