Percy Howard Beardsell (1892-1917)

Huddersfield and District Roll of Honour

This page is part of an ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, or who served in the military.

Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

BEARDSELL, PERCY HOWARD. Private. No 41590. Northumberland Fusiliers. Born Lockwood, 21.6.1892. Son of Arthur and Mary E. Beardsell, 35 Charles Street, Crosland Moor. Educated at Crosland Moor Council School. Employed as a scourer and miller. Enlisted 7.2.1915. Died at home, 35 Charles Street, Crosland Moor, of dysentery, 17.11.1917, 24. Buried in LOCKWOOD CEMETERY. Grave location:- D, 117.

ROH:- St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor; United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor.

Brother of NORMAN BEARDSELL who died 2.5.1919.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

• Private PERCY HOWARD BEARDSELL
• regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers
• died: Saturday, November 17, 1917
• age: 24 years
• record ID: 2752154

Links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War
• St. Barnabas Church Roll of Honour — see PDF #2

rank: Private

Northumberland Fusiliers

service number: 41590