Name
Percy Henry Huggins
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/12/1914
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
2701
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
'D' Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
I. F. 12.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Grammar Memorial - now Richard Hale School, Hertford, St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware, Christchurch Memorial, Ware, Ware Town Memorial, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Born on 27 Jan 1891 in Ware, Hertfordshire son of Walter and Agnes Emily (Roberts) Huggins of 33 Woodside Avenue, South Norwood, London.
Educated at Hertford Grammar School. He was unmarried and a house furnisher by trade.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Hertford on 4 Sep 1914, joined the Herts Territorials and volunteered for foreign service.
Percy went to the front in France on 7 Nov 1914 and was killed in action on the 25th of December near Festubert by a shot from a sniper while on outpost duty. He was shot through the head.
Additional Information
He is mentioned in the story of William Sell, which can be found here in the Archive at: Archive - Hertfordshire Men & Women - Individuals Stories - William Sell (MM) - Biography Include others from the Herts Reg
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
