BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN DEWS (1861-1932) & STEP MOTHER, EMMA ELIZABETH HEPWORTH, OF 84 ETON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 11/12/1915. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS GASSED ON 17/03/1917 & DISCHARGED HOME. AWARDED SILVER BADGE (NO: 201936) FOR WAR WOUNDS. DIED AT HOME FROM THE EFFECTS OF GAS POISONING, ON 11/02/1918, AGED 27. HE IS NOT LISTED ON ETON ST MEMORIAL? WAS GIVEN A FULL MILITARY FUNERAL WHICH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 18TH FEBRUARY 1918. HE IS BURIED IN A CWGC GRAVE AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER EMMA HEPWORTH, SISTER, ELIZABETH A. PEARSON, AND BROTHER, IN LAW, JOHN PADDISON.
First name:
PERCY WILLIAM
Military Number:
25167
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/02/1918
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
27
