Percy Tinker (c.1889-1917)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- TINKER, PERCY. Private. No 242008. 2/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Hepworth, Holmfirth. Son of Mr and Mrs Fred Tinker of Whitewells Road, Scholes. Attended Scholes Primitive Methodist Sunday School. Employed at Holmfirth Mill. Was a keen cricketer. Reported missing, presumed killed, at the Battle of Bullecourt on 3.5.1917, aged 27 years. Has no known grave. Commemorated ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private PERCY TINKER
- regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- died: Thursday, May 3, 1917
- record ID: 777627
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #777627)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #4454765)