Windley, Percy

BORN SOMERCOATES, LINCOLNSHIRE, 19/12/1879. LIVED WITH UNCLE AT THIS ADDRESS. AN ELECTRICIAN. A SINGLE MAN. HE WAS SENT TO PRISON FOR RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/09/1914, AGED 34 AND 9 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 128 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION, TATTOO OF AN “ELECTRIC LAMP” ON LEFT FOREARM. HE TRAINED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, ON 11/07/1917. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL DEFENCE CORPS, ON 15/09/1917. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY, AS PHYSICALLY UNFIT, ON 12/12/1917, AFTER 3 YEARS AND 90 DAYS ARMY SERVICE. HE WAS NOT POSTED ABROAD. HIS MILITARY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS A GOOD CHARACTER. HE WAS LIVING AT VICTORIA MANSIONS, GREAT PASSAGE STREET, HULL. HE DIED IN HULL, ON 15/09/1918, AGED 37.