Name
Percy James Ashby
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/06/1917
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
1208
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
V. D. 63.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Bushey Town Memorial, St James’ Church Memorial, Bushey Congregational Church Memorial, Bushey
Pre War
Born in Bushey in 1889, Percy James Ashby was the oldest son in a family of 8 children. His parents, George and Jane Ashby lived initially on Clay Hill but, as their family grew, they moved to 136 School Lane, Bushey. George Ashby was a farm labourer and his two oldest sons, Percy and his brother, William, became domestic gardeners and they both served in the war.
Wartime Service
Percy enlisted in London and served as Lance Corporal 1208 in the 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment. He died of wounds in France on 17 June 1917 and was buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery in Picardie.
He is commemorated on the Bushey Memorial, at St James’ Parish Church and at the Congregational Church, Bushey High Street.
His pension record shows that his wife Jane, of 36 School Lane, Bushey was deceased and that the case was passed to "Depts." 17-5-18, the case having been opened from widow's letter 8-5-18.
Additional Information
Information provided with the kind permission of Bushey First World War Commemoration Project – Please visit www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk.
Acknowledgments
Andrew Palmer
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
