Percy John Bouskill
Memorial: Thornbury - St Mary's Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Company Serjeant Major 14968
Parents: John R and Dorothy Bouskill
Marital status: Married
Home address: The Hatch, Castle Street, Thornbury, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Footman
Date of birth: 1890
Place of birth: Exelby, Nr Bedale, Yorkshire
Date of death: 08/05/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension (Ref. II. H. 29.), Aubigny-en-Artois, France
Age: 26
Further information:
Bronze Tablet and Wooden Memorial Board
In 1901 Percy John Bouskill was living with his family in Thorpe Salvin, Yorkshire. His father was a cattle man. By 1911 Percy was a footman working for a Bristol manufacturer who lived at Fairford in Gloucestershire. He married Rose Ellen Hawkes of The Hatch, Castle Street, Thornbury, on 28th August 1915
Percy enlisted in Bristol and from about November 1915 served with the 12th Battalion (Bristol’s Own) Glosters, taking part in the Somme offensive of 1916
Percy was Mentioned In Dispatches. He died of wounds, possibly injured during the Second Battle of Arras. He lies in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, which was used as a burial ground for the 42nd Casualty Clearing Station
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Thornbury Roots website: Thornbury and District Museum Research Group, Forces War Records and CWGC