Lancaster Percy 2/Lt

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Surname: Lancaster;

Forename(s): Percy;

Initials: P;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Resided in: West Kirby;

Previous Number: 15222;

Previous Battalion: 17 of;

Previous Regiment: Liverpool Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 122 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 15-Sep-1916;

Other Data: Rossall School Register 1844-1923: b.24/02/1892. At School 1901 -1907. Cotton Salesman. Gt War- Pte, then 2/Lt Kings Regt then MGC. Kia 15/09/1916 at Ilers, France.
Lancaster, 2nd Lieut. Percy. 122nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 15th Sept., 1916. (Thiepval Memorial)

Born Hoylake 24/2/92. Husband of Ada Adelaide Lancaster of Beach Cottage Hightown - she predeceased her husband. Son of Charles Holland Lancaster of 'Stanmore', 15 Lingdale Rd, West Kirby. Educated at Rossall School where he was a member of the Officer Training Corps. Enlisted in Liverpool on 4/9/14 as No 15222 in 17 KLR. Occupation cotton salesman, height 5' 7", weight 177lbs with good physical development, complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair brown, religion CofE. Appointed paid L/Cpl 23/2/15, promoted Cpl 11/5/15. His commission application is dated 24/6/15. Discharged to a commission in 17 KLR 5/7/15. To France 16/5/16 (Southampton - Le Havre) and joined 122 MGC Company. He left estate valued £1275 6s 1d. (Officers Papers - PRO)

Youngest son of Mr CH Lancaster (artchitect and surveyor) of Stanmore, Lingdale Rd, West Kirby. Aged 24. Educated at Rossall. He later worked in the offices of Messrs DF Pennefather & Co, cotton brokers of 1 Tithebarn St., Liverpool. Member of Birkenhead Park Cricket Club and Liverpool Ramblers FC. Member of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Three months after he married his wife died. Commissioned from the KLR into the MGC. His brother Harold also served with the KLR. Nice Photo (Post & Mercury 26/9/16) and Photo (Birkenhead News 27/9/16 p2)

1901 Census Class: RG13; Piece: 3387; Folio: 96; Page: 50.

Percy Lancaster

Age: 9

Address 22 Kings Gap Hoylake

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892

Relation: Son

Father's Name: Charles H Lancaster, 48, widower, rating surveyor and architect, b. Liverpool

Gender: Male

Where born: Liverpool

Dorothy Lancaster 7, b. Hoylake

Harold Lancaster 10, b. Liverpool

Sidney J Lancaster 20, rating surveyors clerk, b. Birkenhead

Bertha MacDonald Walters 25, servant

Death noted in War Diary;

Other Notes: LANCASTER, Second Lieutenant, PERCY, 122nd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 15th September 1916. Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C. Thiepval Memorial - Somme, France.;

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