BORN HULL 1895. SON OF CHARLES F & MARY ALICE COLTON. 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. WAS A DOCK WORKER & WORKED FOR MESSERS C D HOLMES (BOILER SHOP). HIS BROTHER CHARLES FREDERICK COLTON, RFA. JOINED THE TERRITORIALS IN FEB 1914, PERCY SERVED AS GUNNER, 382427, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, 77TH SIEGE BATTERY. HE HAD SERVED IN FRANCE FOR THREE AND HALF YEARS. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, IN HOSPITAL, IN FRANCE, ON 14/12/1918, AGED 23. HE IS BURIED AT ST. ANDRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTO ON 20TH DECEMBER 1918. *
First name:
PERCY
Military Number:
382427
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
14/12/1918
Place died:
St. Andre Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
23
14 MARY'S TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
