BORN HULL 1891. SON OF SARAH J. ELLERBY, OF 51 , COURTNEY STREET, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER AND THEN IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF T. SINGLETON, CARTING AGENT, DRYPOOL. HE RESIDED AT 8 , VICTORIA TERRACE, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS 10/05/1917). *
HE ENLISTED HEXHAM. SERVED AS A LEWIS GUNNER,IN THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED THRE TIMES AND AGIN AT ARRAS, IN 1917. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 27.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO MRS MINNIE LONGBOTTOM, AT 14, VICTORIA TERRACE, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL AND THEN 19, STRAWBERRY STREET, HULL.
First name:
PERCY
Military Number:
38382
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
23/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
8, VICTORIA TERRACE, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
