BORN NORTH KELSEY, LINCS, 1886. SON OF GEORGE MARKHAM (1849-1910) & HANNAH MARIA EAST (1848-1902). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN.
HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL ON 21/10/1907. WIFE ANNIE (FRATSON) MARKHAM (1887-1966) LIVED AT 6, KIMBERLEY AVENUE, SEYMOUR STREET, HULL. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, ARTHUR, GEORGE AND ANNIE. HE WAS A HULL POLICEMAN.
HE ENLISTED AT LINCOLN, AND SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 1ST LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS KILLED AT THE MARNE ON 14/09/1914, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW WHO WAS PREGNANT WITH WITH THEIR DAUGHTER ANNIE.
He is commemorated on the Hull City Police Force Memorial Plaque, Priory Road Police station, Hull, unveiled on 21st January 1923.
First name:
PERCIVAL CHARLES
Regiment:
Military Number:
7025
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
14/09/1914
Place died:
Marne, France
Age:
28
3, KIMBERLEY AVENUE, SEYMOUR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
