Percy George Fairweather Lord
Memorial: Badminton Memorial Hall - Hayes Lane
Regiment: 4th (Queens Own) Hussars
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: 16024
Parents: George Arthur and Susannah (Nee Mayes) Lord
Marital status: Married
Home address: 1911 – 17 Garfield Road, Plaistow, London
Pre-war occupation: Printers Reader (1911 census)
Date of birth: 09/03/1896
Place of birth: Clare, Suffolk
Date of death: 24/04/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Lynde Churchyard, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France
Age: 22
Further information:
A direct connection has not been found between Badminton and a Percy Lord. The information provided here probably relates to the Percy Lord recorded on the Badminton memorial.
In 1911, Percy was living with his parents and younger sister and brother. Percy is likely to have moved to Wiltshire some time after 1911, where he met and married Eleanor Mary (nee Maynard) in 1917. She lived in the village of Chittoe (a few miles south of Chippenham). The fact that Percy joined the Hussars suggests a knowledge of horses which may be where the Badminton connection lies (working on the estate possibly).
After the war, Eleanor moved to Plaistow, London (135 Ling Road)
Percy is commemorated in the Badminton Memorial Hall, The Yate Heritage Centre Memorial Board and on the Chittoe War Memorial.
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), Volunteer Researcher John Davis.