PERKS Leonard John

  • First Name(s):
    Leonard 
    John 
  • Surname:
    PERKS
  • Service Number:
    22919
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    10th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd March 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Arras Memorial, France, Bay 6.
  • Place of Birth:
    Pinvin, Worcestershire, resident Pershore, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George and Mary Perks, 15 Council Cottages, Pinvin, Pershore, Worcestershire

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PERKS Leonard John Is Named On These Memorials

Pinvin British Legion Club now in Pinvin C of E School
Pinvin School now in Pinvin Village Hall
Pinvin St Nicholas Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Pinvin School now in Pinvin Village Hall with the information: Missing.

Further Information About PERKS Leonard John

The birth of Leonard John Perks is registered in the March Quarter 1899 under the Pershore Registration District.

1911 Census
Grove Cottage, Peopleton near Pershore
George Perks, head, age 50, Waggoner on farm, born Naunton Beauchamp
Mary Perks, wife, age 42, married 22 years, 12 childre, 9 still living, 3 died, born Dodderhill
William George Perks, son, age 21, Garden labourer, born Naunton Beauchamp
Frederick Ernest Perks, son, age 17, Garden labourer, born Peopleton
Alice Maud Perks, daughter, age 14, born Peopleton
Leonard John Perks, son, age 12, School, born Peopleton
Richard Victor Perks, son, age 10, School, born Peopleton
Joseph Edward Perks, son, age 8, School, born Peopleton
George Perks, son, age 7, School, born Peopleton
Stanley Hubert Perks, son, age 4, born Peopleton
Margery Perks, daughter, age 8 months, born Peopleton

A photograph of Private L.J. Perks of Pinvin can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 28th September 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Leonard Perks has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Arras Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by Jill Mustard and Sandra Taylor.