Name
Percy James Webb
1 January 1880
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/08/1917
37
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/18821
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
V. J. 16.
France
Headstone Inscription
REST IN PEACE
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial, United Reformed Church Memorial, Bishop's Stortford
Pre War
Registered as James Percy Webb he was born on 1 January 1880 in Bishop's Stortford to James and Ellen Webb and baptised on 29 March 1880 at Hockerill, Herts.
On the 1901 Census he is listed as 'Percy' but when he married Elizabeth Reed in 1908, he again uses his registered name 'James Percy'. On the 1911 Census he was living with his wife and son Percy, together with his sister, brother in law and their son, at 36 New Town Road, Bishop's Stortford and working as a bargeman.
Wartime Service
James Percy enlisted at Sawbridgeworth, Herts and served in the 6th Battalion, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs). He was killed in action near Arras.
Additional Information
A war gratuity of £4 10s awarded to widow Elizabeth as well as pay owing of £3 0s 8d. She was also awarded a pension of £1 2s 11d for herself and her two children, Percy and Constance. His registered name is James Percy Webb, but on some military documents he is named as James or Percy James.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
