BIDDLE Percy James

  • First Name(s):
    Percy 
    James 
  • Surname:
    BIDDLE
  • Service Number:
    8301
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    16th May 1915
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France, Panel 30.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Kingswinford, Staffordshire, enlisted Abingdon
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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BIDDLE Percy James Is Named On These Memorials

Kinver War Memorial
Upton on Severn Memorial Hall
Upton on Severn St Peter and St Paul’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Kinver War Memorial with the information: Sgt.
Upton on Severn Memorial Hall with the information: Pte.

Further Information About BIDDLE Percy James

Percy Biddle entered France on 13th August 1914.  He is mentioned in a report of a memorial service at Upton upon Severn Parish Church in the Upton News of 6th November 1915, and in Pro Patria Mori in the same paper on 20th January 1918.

During the night of 15th – 16th May 1915 the battalion took part in a successful attack on German trenches near Richebourg-l’Avoue.  Fatal casualties were 4 Officers and 45 Other Ranks.

Percy Biddle has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Le Touret Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by Brian Hill.