BORN HULL 16/12/1894. HOLY TRINITY. A BILL POSTER AND DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/09/1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 14204, KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS ABOVE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, DARK HAIR, “SALLOW” COMPLEXION, TATTOOS ON LEFT FOREARM, SCARS ON BOTH CHEEKS, AND ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION. LEFT FOLKESTONE FOR BOULOGNE, ON 23/09/1916. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 19170, 2ND YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1916, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS UNCLE, JOHN MUSGRAVE, UNCLE, RALPH MUSGRAVE, UNCLE, ROBERT MUSGRAVE, MRS MARY JANE GRIFFIN, MRS MARION MOORE, MISS ANNIE E. BLUNDEN.
HE IS BURIED AT BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT”.
NB; PERCIVAL COMPTON, MGC – 55 BRUNSWICK AVE.
