DIVERS Percy John Gore

  • First Name(s):
    Percy 
    John 
    Gore 
  • Surname:
    DIVERS
  • Service Number:
    325522
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Corps:
    Imperial Yeomanry
  • Regiment:
    Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    1st January 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel, Panel 3 and 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Westbere, Canterbury, resident Sturry, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Claines Institute with the information: Corpl. Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars with the information: Lance Corporal.

Further Information About DIVERS Percy John Gore

Additional information on the memorial: Lance Corporal

P.J.D. Divers 1st/1st Worcester Yeomanry, 1st Draft, embarked at Devonport 23rd October 1915 for service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarked at Mudros 6th November 1915, disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on 30th November 1915.  Died 24th October 1917, Prisoner of War.

Source for additional information: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1914 – 1922.

Died on 1st October 1916 on Commonwealth War Graves Commission, killed in action on 23rd November 1917 on Soldiers Died in the Great War, dead 24-10-17 on Medal Index Card, died 24th October 1917 on Regimental Roll of Honour and died 1916 or 1917 in the British National Armed Forces Deaths Indexes.

There are discrepancies in the date of death of Percy Divers from four of the five sources accessed.  With no definite evidence of which is the correct one, all dates are given.

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