PERRY Trace

  • First Name(s):
    Trace 
  • Surname:
    PERRY
  • Service Number:
    27572
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Devonshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th (Service) Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    9th May 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Arras Memorial, France, Bay 4.
  • Place of Birth:
    Edewyn Ralph, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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PERRY Trace Is Named On These Memorials

Crowle School
Crowle St John the Baptist Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Crowle St John the Baptist Church with the additional information: Pte.

Further Information About PERRY Trace

Trace Perry was the son of John and Caroline Perry.  He married Ada Boulton in 1905 and the couple had two children by 1914.  Prior to enlisting in the army he was employed as a gardener at Foxmere Court.  After training he was posted overseas to France in March 1917 and after just 7 weeks he was instantaneously killed by a piece of shell during the Battle of Arras.

Source for additional information:
Crowle in the Great War, The Parish in 1914.

A photograph of Private T. Perry of Crowle can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 23rd June 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Trace Perry has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Arras Memorial.

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