Name
Percy Charles Bray
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/05/1918
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
18927
Bedfordshire Regiment Depot
Depot
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BALDOCK CEMETERY
7
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock
Pre War
Born and resident of Baldock. Enlisted Bedford. Before joining the army, Percy was employed as a gardener by T. Veasey in Baldock.
Wartime Service
He was posted to France in September 1915 and had been wounded on two previous occasions. He was transferred to Dover hospital from France suffering from severe shrapnel wounds that had resulted in the loss of his right leg and eye and had caused severe head injuries (a fractured skull). He was subsequently taken to King George hospital in Stamford Street, London where he later died.
His funeral at St. Mary's Church in Baldock was accorded full military honours. The coffin, covered with the Union Jack, was carried on a gun carriage drawn by six horses.
Additional Information
Son of George and Sarah Bray, of 18, Salisbury Rd., Baldock.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
