BORN ISLINGTON, MIDDLESEX 22/11/1891. SON OF MARY AND BROTHER TO CHARLES. HE WAS LIVING IN THE GREENWICH WORKHOUSE, LONDON, IN 1901.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 3RD ROYAL WEST KENT (TERRITORIALS) ON 01/10/1907. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 115 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, EXTENSIVE SCARS AND BURNS OVER LEFT SHOULDER. HE HAD A POOR DISCIPLINARY RECORD AND DESERTED TO JOIN THE 5TH DRAGOON GUARDS, ON 09/02/1910. THEN JOINED THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVES ON 07/10/1911. HE RESIDED IN ISLINGTON. WORKED AS A PAINTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 25. LEFT ARMY EFFECTS TO CHARLES & SARAH A BROWN. NO HULL ADDRESS FOUND. NO PENSION RECORDS.
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE PERCY WALTER HUNTLEY 12/1519. Born in Islington, Middlesex Percy is something of a mystery. He was in Hull at the time of enlistment and joined the 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, ‘The Sportsmen’, 3rd Hull Pals. This must have taken place sometime in 1915, as his regimental number suggests sometime around Spring. He served in Egypt before arriving in France in March 1916. Percy was killed in action, on the Somme, on 13th November 1916 and his body never recovered. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing.
