South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


L/Corporal 198906 Percival Thomas EVANS - 57th Signal Company, Royal Engineers

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Killed in Action on Tuesday August 6th 1918 aged 32

grave for p t evans


Military History

   
Theatre of WarMedalsCommonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Home 1914 Star, British War & Victory Medals Beaudesert (St. Nicholas) Churchyard
     
Arrived in TheatreMedal Citation (if app)SWFHS Area Memorials
10 Oct 1914 in France ~ Henley-in-Arden
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason KilledDate and Place MobilisedOther War Memorials
Died of left Empyema and Septicemia 04 Aug 1914 Birmingham Birmingham Head Post Office
     
Place of DeathPrevious Regiments or Units 
1st Western General Hospital, Fazakerley, Liverpool  Spr 165 TF Royal Engineers as a Territorial  
     

Circumstances of Death

Percival died of left [side] Empyema and Septicemia at the 1st Western General Hospital, Fazakerley, Liverpool on 6 Aug 1918.

Death Certificate below - click to expand.

percival evans death cert


 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/PlaceBaptism Date/Place
6 Jun 1886 at Birmingham  
   
Parents NamesAbode
Thomas and Mary 92 Oakfield Road, Balsall Heath
   
SchoolsColleges
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Address HistoryEmployment History
1886 - Birmingham 1903 - Post Office Sorting Clerk & Telegraphist 
1891 - 39 High Street, Dudley 1911 - Post Office Sorting Clerk & Telegraphist 
1901 - 346 Green Lane, Saltley  
1911 - 52 Oakfield Road, Balsall Heath  
1917 - 92 Oakfield Road, Balsall Heath   
   
  • We have not yet found the link to Henley in Arden except for his burial at Beudesert and we are speculating that he may have worked
    at the Post Office.