Percy Ebsworth
Memorial: Frampton Cotterell - St. Peter’s Church
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 16996
Parents: George and Jane Ebsworth
Home address: Belchers Barton, Frampton Cotterell, Bristol
Date of birth: 1898
Place of birth: Frampton Cotterell, Bristol
Date of death: 23/04/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, Pas de Calais, France (Ref: I. E. 39)
Age: 19
Further information:
Percy Ebsworth was born in 1898 in Frampton Cotterell to parents, George and Jane Ebsworth. He was brother to Walter and Albert. The family lived at Belchers Barton, Frampton Cotterell in 1901. Their father worked as a general labourer and had been born in Frampton Cotterell
Percy Ebsworth served with the 8th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry as a private. Percy died on the 23rd April 1917 and is buried at Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, Pas de Calais, France (Ref: I. E. 39). Percy was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War and the Victory medals
Percy is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Frampton Cotterell
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and Forces War Records