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Name : Percy Clement March Son of Harry March and Louisa March (née Chilcott), of Yarborough Rd., Wroxall, Isle of Wight. Born 1899, Lindfield, Sussex. |
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Census information : 1901 : Harry and Louisa March, with Percy aged 2, are at 4, Jubilee Cottage, Lindfield, Scaynes Hill, Sussex. Harry March (born in Wootton Bridge) is a Bread Baker. 1911 : Clement Harry and Louisa March, with their children including Percy aged 12, are at Scaynes Hill, Sussex. Clement Harry March (born in Wootton Bridge) is a Foreman Bread Baker. |
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Service Details : Lance Corporal 44604 Percy Clement March, 6th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly Private 7148 Royal Sussex Regiment Formerly Private 21309 3rd Bn., Hampshire Regiment [It is not know in what order he served in these regiments. He entered Foreign Service in Egypt, 12 December 1915 (from his Medal Index Card)] |
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Casualty Details : Died : 20 May 1918, aged 19 Buried at : Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France CWGC Record |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Wroxall War Memorial Wroxall Methodist Church War Memorial County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle Scaynes Hill War Memorial, Sussex. |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, June 15, 1918 Page 5 THE ISLAND AND THE WAR WROXALL Lance-Corpl. Percy Clement March, son of Mr. H. March, of 2 Park View, Yarborough-road, who was killed on May 19th, in a German air raid on a French hospital in which he was a patient for influenza. He enlisted in 1915, and has served in Egypt and France. |
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Acknowledgments :
Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
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Page last updated : 9 April 2012 (added to website) |
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