Bennett, Percy John

Age: 31
Date of birth: 06/08/1886

Parents: William and Ann Bennett
Wife: Elizabeth Elsie May Bennett
Address: 44 Hill Street, Emscote

Occupation: Worked for 10 years at Messrs Flower & Sons of Leamington

Percy was born on 6th August 1886 in Weston under Wetherley. He was baptised in Wappenbury on 12th September.

Percy had two older brothers, Thomas and Herbert, two older sisters, Rose and Annie, and a younger brother Frank. His father William, a Waggoner, died in 1916.

On 9th April 1910 at St Paul’s Church, Warwick, Percy married Elizabeth Elsie May. According to the census of 1911 Percy and Elizabeth were living at 34 Hill Street, Emscote and Percy was working for the Flowers and Sons Brewery as a Carter.

Percy’s brother Herbert also served in the Royal Field Artillery as a gunner. He died in 1919, in Leamington Spa, aged 42.

Both of these notices appeared in the Warwick Advertiser on 27th October 1917

Elizabeth died in Alcester in 1965 aged 78.

Military Service

Rank & Number: Private, 24055
Regiment/Service: 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Brigade/Division: 22nd Brigade, 7th Division
Date of death: Friday, October 19, 1917
Cause of death/Battle: Died of wounds in the 3rd General Hospital, Abbeville, Somme
Commemorated/Buried: Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme
Awards: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated locally at: All Saints Church

Contributors

  • Unlocking Warwick Research Group
  • Warwick Advertiser excerpts courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office

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