LANE Percy

  • First Name(s):
    Percy 
  • Surname:
    LANE
  • Service Number:
    13773
  • Rank:

    Company Quartermaster Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    26th September 1918
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Tehran Memorial, Iran, Panel 2. Column 1.
  • Place of Birth:
    Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James and Violetta Jane Lane, of The Homestead, Droitwich Rd., Fernhill Heath, Worcester

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Further Information About LANE Percy

1911 Census
Bransford, Worcester
James Lane, head, age 42, Railway Station Master, born Stow Bardolph, Norfolk
Violetta Lane, wife, age 42, Greengrocer, married 22 years, 13 children, all still living, born Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Bernard Lane, son, age 20, Manufacturer’s Clerk, born Malvern, Worcestershire
Percy Lane, son, age 18, Railway Porter, born Malvern, Worcestershire
Howard Lane, son, age 16, Farmer’s Clerk, born Bransford, Worcestershire
Evelyn Lane, daughter, age 14, Assisting in Housework, born Bransford, Worcestershire
Horace Lane, son, age 13, School, born Bransford, Worcestershire
Wilfred Lane, son, age 10, School, born Leigh, Worcestershire
Clarence Lane, son, age 9, School, born Leigh, Worcestershire
Amy Lane, daughter, age 7, School, born Leigh, Worcestershire
Vera Lane, daughter, age 5, School, born Leigh, Worcestershire
Lily Lane, daughter, age 3, born Leigh, Worcestershire
Cyril Lane, son, age 2, born Leigh, Worcestershire
Janetta Lane, daughter, age 1, born Leigh, Worcestershire

Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
Percy Frederick Lane, Signalman/Traffic Dept/Campden Age 26 Master Sergeant 9th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, Died 26/09/1918.

Death reported in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1919/01/09. Photo in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1919/02/28.

Two different photographs of Company Sergeant Major P. Lane of Fernhill Heath can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 17th March 1917 and Saturday 26th October 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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