Lieutenant Percy Perry.
The Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby) Regiment.
7th Battalion.
Aged 33.
Son of George H. and Elizabeth Perry of 93 Forest Road, Nottingham.
Brother of Florence A. Perry, Mabel G. Perry, Hilda C. Perry, and Constance Ethel Perry.
Husband of Hilda M. Perry née Baxter. They were married in Nottingham, in the quarter ended March 1916.
Commissioned on 16 March 1915.
Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment).
He was killed in action during the Easter Rising.
The Sherwood Foresters arrived at Kingstown, now Dun Laoghaire, on the morning of 26 April 1916. They marched towards Dublin city, and walked into an ambush at Northumberland Road/Mount Street Bridge
This became known as "The Battle of Mount Street Bridge".
Death Certificate.
Percy Claud Perry, aged 32, married, of Forest Road, Nottingham, a Lieutenant in the Sherwood Foresters, died at 33 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, on 26 April 1916.
The cause of death was Gunshot wounds to Thigh and Abdomen, Haemorrhage, 8 hours, certified.
The informant of his death was S. Lemphris, 2 Clarendon Street, Nottingham, the person taking charge of the Body. He registered the death on 8 May 1916
His name is included on the
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.
Lieutenant Percy Perry.
The Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby) Regiment.
7th Battalion.
Aged 33.
Son of George H. and Elizabeth Perry of 93 Forest Road, Nottingham.
Brother of Florence A. Perry, Mabel G. Perry, Hilda C. Perry, and Constance Ethel Perry.
Husband of Hilda M. Perry née Baxter. They were married in Nottingham, in the quarter ended March 1916.
Commissioned on 16 March 1915.
Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment).
He was killed in action during the Easter Rising.
The Sherwood Foresters arrived at Kingstown, now Dun Laoghaire, on the morning of 26 April 1916. They marched towards Dublin city, and walked into an ambush at Northumberland Road/Mount Street Bridge
This became known as "The Battle of Mount Street Bridge".
Death Certificate.
Percy Claud Perry, aged 32, married, of Forest Road, Nottingham, a Lieutenant in the Sherwood Foresters, died at 33 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, on 26 April 1916.
The cause of death was Gunshot wounds to Thigh and Abdomen, Haemorrhage, 8 hours, certified.
The informant of his death was S. Lemphris, 2 Clarendon Street, Nottingham, the person taking charge of the Body. He registered the death on 8 May 1916
His name is included on the
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.
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Named on the WWI memorial at Nottingham All Saints Parish.
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