- First Name(s):WilliamJamesPercy
- Surname:RICHARDS
- Service Number:59127
- Rank:
Driver
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Artillery
- Corps:Royal Field Artillery
- Unit:9th Divisional Ammunition Column
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:16th October 1917
- Age At Death:23
- Cause of Death:Killed in action
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave XI. F. 7.
- Place of Birth:Worcester, enlisted Birmingham
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of John William and Annie Richards; husband of Annie Richards, of Bearcroft, Pershore, Worcestershire
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RICHARDS William James Percy Is Named On These Memorials
Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above
Pershore C of E School now in Pershore Working Men’s Club as James William Percy Richards.
Pershore Abbey as James William Percy Richards with the additional information: Royal Artillery.
Further Information About RICHARDS William James Percy
Names given as William James Percy on Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The birth of William James P. Richards is registered in the September Quarter 1895 under the Pershore Registration District.
Native of Pershore.
R. Field Artillery. Son of Builder Richards. “Tittybottle”, 2 Bearcroft Cottage. Joined up January 1915. D. October 16th 1917.
Additional information from Pershore Parish Records, Holy Cross, Film No 216/7, available at Worcestershire Archives.
A photograph of Driver J. Richards of Pershore can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 3rd November 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.
The name on the grave is shown as W.J.P. Richards.
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