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CAFFERATA Herbert Percy Private

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/92729

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SKR/DAT/IP/92729
Title
CAFFERATA Herbert Percy Private
Date
2000-2024
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Surname: CAFFERATA;

Forename(s): Herbert Percy;

Initials: HP;

Rank: Private;

Born in: Liverpool;

Enlisted in: Liverpool;

Resided in: Liverpool;

Previous Number: 202793;

Previous Battalion: 1/5 of;

Previous Regiment: Liverpool Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 165 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 20-Sep-1917;

Other Data: Baptised Herbert Percy Cafferata on 18/12/89 in St Catherine's Church, Edge Hill, Liverpool.
Administration (with Will) Liverpool 18 April to Alice Mary Cafferata (wife of Herbert William Cafferata). Effects £148 14s. 9d. (National Probate Calendar - Index of Wills and Administrations)
He is commemorated on the war memorial in St Anne Parish Church, Prescot Rd, Stanley

1911 Census RG14PN22818 RG78PN1335 RD457 SD1 ED4 SN135
Herbert Percy Cafferata
Age: 22
Occupation : loco cleaner
Address: Cascough Lane, Melling - the dwelling had 7 rooms
Estimated Birth Year: 1889
Where born: Edge Hill, Liverpool
Father's name: Herbert William Cafferata, 45, electrician, b. Everton, Liverpool
Mother's name: Alice Mary Cafferata, 42, b. Liverpool
Henry Cafferata 19, electrician, b. Edge Hill, Liverpool
Frank Cafferata 13, b. Edge Hill, Liverpool
His parents had been married for 25 years - 3 of their 4 children had survived.

1901 Census Class: RG13; Piece: 3451; Folio: 85; Page: 37.
Herbert Cafferata
Age: 12
Address: 62 Long Lane, Walton, Liverpool
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Relation: Son
Father's name: Herbert W Cafferata, 42, electrical apparatus maker, b. Liverpool
Mother's name: Alice M Cafferata, 32, b. Liverpool
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Frank Cafferata 3, b. Liverpool
Henry Cafferata 9, b. Liverpool;

Other Notes: Attached 165 Bde MG Coy, son of Herbert William Cafferata (electrical engineer) and Alice Mary Cafferata of 60 Milroy St, Liverpool.
TYNE COT Memorial, Belgium;

END OF RECORD.

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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
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