Percy James – Wroath – Great Western Railway – Lance Corporal – 25/09/1915
Title
Percy James – Wroath – Great Western Railway – Lance Corporal – 25/09/1915
Initials / forenames
Percy James
Surname
Wroath
Railway company
Great Western Railway
Military unit
Devonshire Regiment, 8th Battalion
Military rank
Lance Corporal
Military number
14806
Railway department
Locomotive and Carriage Department, Newton Abbot
Railway job
Fireman
Date died
25/09/1915
Magazine reference
Great Western Railway Magazine March 1916, p75. Photo: May 1916, p125
Memorial
Loos Memorial
Notes
Aged 29, son of Mrs J. Wroath of 34 Manston Rd, Exeter; husband of Etta Wroath of 89 Wolborough St, Newton Abbot, Devon. Wroath was in the Company's service for about 12 years. He enlisted in December 1914. <br /><br />The GWR Magazine reports that he was 28 when he died.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway), Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
19/07/2017
Last updated
19/07/2017
Citation
“Percy James – Wroath – Great Western Railway – Lance Corporal – 25/09/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/42080.