Percy Bressington
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 16665
Parents: Jabez and Eliza Bressington
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: 2 North street, Downend, Bristol. Lived: 12 Llantrisant Road, Tonyrefail, Llantrisant, Glamorgan (1911 census)
Pre-war occupation: Coal Miner
Date of birth: 1892
Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 01/07/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany
Age: 26
Further information:
Percy was Baptised 27/5/1894 at St Saviour's, Coalpit Heath, Bristol. His father and brother were coal miners. Many from the South Glos area sought work in the South Wales coalfields prior to WW1
Percy served with the 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and died on 1/7/1918 (captured by the Germans and died from wounds shortly after)
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis