Name
Percival John Kitchener
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/08/1918
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/71766
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
23rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
XXV.C.23A.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Benington War Memorial, St. Peter’s Church Roll of Honour, Benington
Pre War
Percival was the son of Charles & Sarah Kitchener, a local Grocer, of the Post Office Stores, Benington.
He married Mary Ann May Pearman in the Summer of 1911 and prior to joining the Army worked as a Carpenter.
Wartime Service
He was killed when his Battalion relieved American troops near the town of Kemmel and is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium.
Additional Information
Percival is also commemorated on the family headstone in Benington (St. Peter) Churchyard, his part of the inscription reads:
". . . ALSO PTE. PERCIVAL JOHN KITCHENER SON OF THE ABOVE DIED IN ACTION IN FRANCE AUGUST 18TH 1918 AGED 33 YEARS
"THY WILL BE DONE"
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
Paul Johnson
