Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival was a senior British Army officer who is mainly remembered for surrendering Singapore to the Japanese in the Second World War.[1]
Percival was born in 1887 in Aspenden, Hertfordshire.[1][2] On 27 July 1927 he married Margaret Elizabeth "Betty" MacGregor Greer in Holy Trinity Church, Brompton; she was the daughter of Thomas MacGregor Greer, a linen merchant from County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.[3][1] He died in London in 1966 and was buried in St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Widford, Hertfordshire.[4][1]
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"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: X72B-XKL : 21 July 2019), Arthur Ernest Percival in household of Alfred Reginald Percival, Thundridge, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZB-X5NS : 8 October 2014), Arthur E Percival and null, 1927; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1927, quarter 3, vol. 1A, p. 285, Kensington, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193256039/arthur_ernest-percival: accessed February 14, 2024), memorial page for LTG Arthur Ernest Percival (26 Dec 1887–31 Jan 1966), Find A Grave: Memorial #193256039, citing St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Widford, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.
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