Perry Frank Burges 2/Lt

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Surname: Perry;

Forename(s): Frank Burges;

Initials: FB;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Previous Number: 2986;

Previous Battalion: 28 of;

Previous Regiment: London Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 58 Bn;

Date abroad: 27-Mar-1915;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 24-Apr-1918;

Other Data: NOK - Mrs Ellen Perry (mother) 32 Fordwych Rd,Brondesbury, NW2
Casualty Form: 4/4/1918 Base Depot from England, 11/4/1918 to join 58 Bn, 24/4/1918 KIA. Buried (map ref)
born 30/4/1895. Prev 2986 and 760369 1/28 London Regt - transf to MGC No 106849.
Estate £ 100/5/9d
Identity disk received and sent via Cox's Shipping Agency 23/5/1918
WW1 medal trio offered DNW, Dec '07

Date of Auction: 13th December 2007
Sold for £180
Estimate: £150 - £200
Three: Second Lieutenant F. B. Perry, Machine Gun Corps, formerly 28th London Regiment (Artists Rifles)

1914-15 Star (2988 Pte., 28-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2-Lieut.), all later official issues, extremely fine (3) £150-200
Footnote
Frank Burgess Perry was born on 30 April 1895. Serving as a Private in the 28th Battalion London Regiment, he served in France/Flanders, 27 March 1915-1 June 1917. He was discharged to a commission in the Machine Gun Corps on 18 December 1917. Serving as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 58th battalion Machine Gun Corps, he was killed in action on 24 April 1918, aged 23 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. He was the son of Burgess and Ellen Perry of 32 Fordwych Road, Brondesbury. Sold with copied m.i.c., service papers and war diary extracts. With damaged card boxes of issue.
Medals offered Auctioneum, Bristol, Nov '24;

Other Notes: PERRY, Second Lieutenant, FRANK BURGESS, 58th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 24th April 1918. Age 23. Son of Burgess and Ellen Perry, of 32, Fordwych Rd., Brondesbury, London. Panel 90 to 93. Pozieres Memorial - Somme, France.;

Related National Archives files: WO339/107841;

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