BORN HULL 30/04/1895. SON OF ALFRED BRADLEY (1869-1929) & MARY JANE GAMWELL (1870-1937), OF 19 RAGLAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 17 AUCKLAND AVENUE, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER FOR THE LOCAL IRON WORKS. HIS ELDER SISTER, GERTRUDE WAS A MANAGER IN A PAINTS FACTORY AND ELDER BROTHER, GEORGE, WORKED IN A FURNITURE SHOP AS AN ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS) . PERCY WAS AN APPRENTCIE JOINER.
HE ENLISTED ON 12/11/1915. DRAFTED FOR THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 10/07/1916. JOINED THE HAWKE BATTALION, ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION, ON 28/08/1916. HE DIED AT SEA, ON 04/02/1917, AGED 21. BURIED AT QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY, FRANCE.
First name:
PERCY GAMWELL
Military Number:
Z/8442.
Rank:
Able Seaman
Date Died
04/02/1917
Place died:
Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
17 AUCKLAND AVENUE, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
