Name
Percy Cheshire
1898
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/11/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
R/38235
King's Royal Rifle Corps
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Panel 9.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Berkhamsted Town Memorial,
Family grave at Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted
Pre War
Percy Gilbert Cheshire was born in 1898 in Berkhamsted, the son of Alfred and Bertha Cheshire and one of four children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 25 Victoria Road, Berkhamsted, where his father was working as a coach smith. By 1911 they had moved to Crop Oak Road, Great Berkhamsted, his father was then working as a blacksmith for a government contractor and Percy was working as a clerk at the gasworks.
His parents later lived at 8 Cross Oak Street, Berkhamsted.
Wartime Service
Percy enlisted in London and served with the 10th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
He was killed in action during the Battle of Cambrai. His death was presumed on 30 November 1917. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a pension of five shillings a week. His father received a war gratuity of £6 10s and pay owing of £9 1s 5d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
