COLLETT Percival William

  • First Name(s):
    Percival 
    William 
  • Surname:
    COLLETT
  • Service Number:
    5125386
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    South Staffordshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd (Airborne) Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th September 1944
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 15.C.9.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William Turner Collett and Janet Maud Collett; husband of Edna May Collett, of Wadborough, Worcestershire

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COLLETT Percival William Is Named On These Memorials

Pershore County Senior School Roll of Honour No 1 Now in Pershore High School
Pershore County Senior School Roll of Honour No 2 Now in Pershore High School
Stoulton St Edmund’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Pershore County Senior School Roll of Honour No 1 Now in Pershore High School with the additional information: of Wadborough Died 19th September 1944, buried Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands
Pershore County Senior School Roll of Honour No 2 Now in Pershore High School with the additional information: of Wadborough Private 5125386, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment Died 19th September 1944, aged 21 Buried Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands

Further Information About COLLETT Percival William

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

Berrow’s Worcester Journal, Saturday 4th November 1944:
Private Percival William Collett, of the 1st Airborne Division, has been posted missing in North-West Europe. Official news to this effect has been received by his wife, who lives in Station Road, Wadborough. The eldest son of Mr and Mrs W.T. Collett, of “The Lodge,” Stoulton, Worcester, Pte. Collett is 21 years of age and fought in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns. He joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in April, 1941, and a few months later transferred to the Airborne troops.
Reported with photo

A letter from the Reverend Trevor Morgans, Stoulton Vicarage, dated 1st May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Private Percival William Collett, 1st Airborne Division, South Staffordshire Regiment, be added to the county roll of honour.

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