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Lieutenant Colonel ARTHUR JEX BLAKE PERCIVAL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1914

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. AA. 2.

Belgium

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. to 2nd Div. Staff General Staff
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Cross of the Legion of Honour. Son of the Rt. Revd. John Percival, Bishop of Hereford; husband of Cecil H Percival, of 57, Ovington St, Chelsea, London.
  • Personal Inscription SPLENDID YOU PASSED THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 673
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