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HAROLD PERCY (or PERCY) CAVE

  • Died: 21 Oct 1918
  • Rank: Corporal
  • Service no at death: M/339151
  • Died: 21 Oct 1918
  • Rank: Corporal
  • Service no at death: M/339151
Personal
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  • Surname: CAVE
  • Forename: HAROLD PERCY (or PERCY)
  • Initials: H P
  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Canford Magna Dorset
  • Place of Birth Source: 1891 Census
  • Address: Leigh Common, Wimborne Dorset
  • Schools attended:
  • Employment / trade: 1901 Census shows “Garden Boy”
  • Place of work: Canford Dorset
  • Family (parents and grandparents): Son of John T and Esther E Cave nee Hooper
  • Spouse Name: No trace of marriage
  • Notes:
Military
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  • Regiment at call-up:
  • Regiment at discharge: Royal Army Service Corps
  • Rank at call-up:
  • Service no at call-up:
  • Date of attestation:
  • Date of call-up:
  • Area reported to:
  • Source: 1891 Census
  • Naval vessels served:
  • Decorations and awards:
  • Other service details: V Company Motor Transport
  • Other rank: Corporal
  • Other service no: M/33951
  • Service facts:
Death and Memorial
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  • Age at death: 31
  • Date of death: 21 Oct 1918
  • Regiment at death: Army Service Corps
  • Battalion at death:
  • Rank at death: Corporal
  • Circumstances of death: Pneumonia following influenza
  • Service no at death: M/339151
  • Field of action at death:
  • Place of death: Military Hospital, Colchester, Essex
  • Location of grave: Wimborne Cemetery
  • Position: C.6.5099
  • Other memorials: St.John's Church, Wimborne, Wimborne Minster and Colehill War Memorial
  • Newspaper Reference : Western Gazette, Friday November 1st, 1918.