Completed Percy Bartlett

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Corporal 37829 Percy Bartlett
Abt 21/1/1898 - 17/7/1918
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Dob abt 21/1/1898 West Bromwich
Percy was born in Great Bridge, but the family moved to Gloucester when he was about 2 years old.

Baptism
Staffordshire Great Bridge St Luke Mission
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 387
Birth date 21 Jan 1898
Baptism date 17 Feb 1898 (20)
Person forename Percy
Person sex M
Father forename Joshua Frank
Mother forename Sarah
Father surname BARTLETT
Person abode 42 Slater St.
Father occupation Engine Fitter

Parents Joshua Frank Bartlett & Sarah Wootton

Parents Marriage
Joshua Frank Bartlett
Gender Male
Marriage Age 23
Event Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1863
Marriage Date 23 Aug 1886
Marriage Place Gloucester, St James, Gloucestershire, England
Parish as it Appears St James
Father Richard Frederick Bartlett
Spouse Sarah Wootton
Father Abraham Wootton

1901 4 Llandilo Street, Gloucester.
Joshua F. Bartlett (37, Fitter for Steam Engine Maker, born Newport, Mon), his wife Sarah (34, born Darlaston), and their 5 children: Augustus (14, Printer's Machinist, born Bilston), Ada (12, Scholar, born Bilston), Florence (8, Scholar, born Great Bridge), Edith (7, born Great Bridge), and Percy (3, born Great Bridge).

1911 127 Tredworth Road, Gloucester.
Joshua Frank Bartlett (47, Cycle Repairer, born Newport, Mon), his second wife Annie (27, born Gloucester), Joshua's 2 children from his first marriage: Percy (13, born Great Bridge), and Beatrice (9, born Gloucester), and Joshua and Annie's daughter: Dorothy (4, born Gloucester).

WW1 Records
Killed in Action on Wednesday, 17th July 1918, age 20.
Buried in Grave III. D. 40. at Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.
'C' Company of 12th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment. 95th Brigade of 5th Division.
Formerly 6968 in 1/4th Gloucesters Regiment.
Son of Mr J. F. and Mrs S. Bartlett, of 127, Tredworth Rd., Gloucester. Born at Great Bridge, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Gloucester, Resident: Unknown.
First landed France & Flanders, 15th May 1917.
Medal entitlement: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.

Dod 17/7/1918 (20) KIA France

Buried in Grave III. D. 40. at Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.

Link to Commonwealth War Graves Site: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/539773/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56450563/p-bartlett

Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial.

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