PERKS Harry

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
  • Surname:
    PERKS
  • Service Number:
    48120
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd November 1917
  • Age At Death:
    40
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Canadian Cemetery No 2, Neuville-St Vaast, France, Grave 2. F. 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr and Mrs David Perks; husband of Beatrice Perks, 79 High St., Wollaston, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

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PERKS Harry Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window
Stourbridge War Memorial
Wollaston St James’s Church

Further Information About PERKS Harry

Harry Perks was the son of David and Lavinia Perks of Lye and worked originally as a plate layer on the Great Western Railway. By the time of the Great War he was married with two children and living at 79 High Street, Wollaston, where they had a drapery and ladies outfitting business. He enlisted early in 1917 and joined the 4th Battalion of the Worcesters. His final leave before being sent abroad had been as recent as October. He arrived in the front line just before the battle of Cambrai which opened on the 20th November. The Worcesters followed up the original breakthrough but had to face a powerful German counter attack. Among the many casualties was Private Harry Perks.

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