BORN NORTHAMPTON, 14/06/1889. SON OF JOHN THOMAS PERKINS & ADA ELIZABETH PERKINS, OF 11 VICTORIA PROMINADE, NORTHAMPTON (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE SERVED IN THE NORTHANTS YEOMANRY FOR FOUR YEARS. RESIGNED IN 1909. WORKED AS A BUTLER IN HULL. A SINGLE MAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, FAIR HAIR, GREY EYES, 34 INCH CHEST, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 07/09/1914. SERVED AS CORPORAL, WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS). POSTED TO EGYPT IN 1915 AND FRANCE ON 07/03/1916. AWARDED GOOD CONDUCT BADGE IN THE FIELD ON 07/09/1916. REPORTED MISSING ON 12/04/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE PRISONER OF WAR HOSPITAL, ALTDAMM, GERMANY, ON 06/07/1918, 11AM, AGED 29. HE IS BURIED IN BERLIN.
HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 3 YEARS AND 302 DAYS. HE LEFT £229 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, JOHN THOMAS PERKINS, A PATTERN CUTTER.
