BORN HULL 1881. SON OF CLARA PLEDGE & THE LATE GEORGE WHITTAKER. A HULL POSTMAN, WHO RESIDED WITH HIS MOTHER AT 32 GOULTON STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN OCTOBER 1915. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 36.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 24/08/1917. *
First name:
RICHARD PERCY
Military Number:
294678
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
31/07/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
36
