Percy Thomas – Bodsworth – London and North Western Railway – Private – 10/02/1916
Title
Percy Thomas – Bodsworth – London and North Western Railway – Private – 10/02/1916
Initials / forenames
Percy Thomas
Surname
Bodsworth
Railway company
London and North Western Railway
Military unit
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 1st/1st Bucks Bn.
Military rank
Private
Military number
2720
Railway department
Leighton Buzzard, Goods Dept
Railway job
Clerk
Date died
10/02/1916
Magazine reference
London & North Western Railway Gazette, March 1916, p.77, April 1917, p.129
Memorial
Hebuterne Military Cemetery
Notes
Age 20, son of George Bodsworth, of 28, Old Rd., Linslade, Leighton Buzzard. Bodsworth had been acting as a stretcher bearer and whilst helping a wounded comrade was killed instantly by a shell.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Citation
“Percy Thomas – Bodsworth – London and North Western Railway – Private – 10/02/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 16, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/60861.