Arthur Ernest Percival (1887 - abt. 1966)

Born 27 Dec 1887 in Aspenden, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Elizabeth MacGregor (Greer) Percival — married 27 Jul 1927 in Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, London, England

Died about 31 Jan 1966 at about age 78 in King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers, Beaumont Street, Westminster, London, England

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Biography

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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]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Wikipedia contributors, "Arthur Percival," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Percival&oldid=1201435580 (accessed February 14, 2024).
2. ↑ "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.
3. ↑ "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.
4. ↑ 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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