Private Percy Mead
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
Dec 1899
Date of Death
17 Oct 1918
War time / or Pre War occupation
Foundry worker
Employer
Brown & Green, Luton
Regiment
Medals Awarded
Service Number
46998
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
Sittingbourne
Place of Death
France
Grave Location
La Kreule Military Cemetery
Hazebrouk
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Luton News , 14th November 1918
Pte Percy Mead, 46998, 12th Battalion King's Royal Rifles, died of wounds in the 17th Casualty Clearing Station in France on October 17th, 1918. He was aged 19 and had previously served in the Beds Regiment (11038).
Born in December 1899, he was a son of Lucy and the late Thomas Mead, of Kings Road, Luton. He had married Elizabeth Read in Kent in 1917 and his widow was living at Sittingbourne at the time of Percy's death.
Before joining up, Percy, along with three brothers, had worked at the Brown & Green Foundry in Windsor Street/South Road, Luton.
Author: Deejaya
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