Percy Charles Turvey (abt. 1890 - 1917)

Ancestors

Died 15 Aug 1917 at about age 27 in Belgium

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Biography

Percy Turvey was Killed in Action during World War I.

Percy Charles Turvey was born in Holborn in 1890.

He served as a Serjeant with the London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles). He died in Belgium on 15 Aug 1917, aged 27. He is commemorated at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He was recorded as the son of David and Rosina Turvey, of 5, Perth Terrace, Perth Rd., Ilford, London.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Percy Charles Turvey, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9DP-CWB : 20 May 2019), Percy C Turvey in household of Rosina Turvey, Saint George the Martyr, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Holborn subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWGF-226 : 8 May 2019), Percy Turvey in household of Rosina Turvey, St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St George the Martyr, Holborn, London, 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.