Basic Details
Surname
Finch
Forenames
Percival
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Service number
43049
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 23 Milton Road, Old Fletton.

(CWGC records that Private P Finch, regimental number 43049, died on 20/9/1918 having served in the 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, and is now buried in grave C.7 at Landrecies Communal Cemetery in France, having been reinterred in 1920. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his father Harry was his legatee. On the 1911 census Percival had been living with his parents, Harry and Emma, at 23 Milton Road, Old Fletton. His birth was registered in 1891).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Lincolns
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Lincolnshire Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Landrecies
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
September
Day of death
20
Manner of death as stated
'Died of intestinal catarrh and starvation while a Prisoner of War at Kappergarbies Camp, Landrecies
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
23 MILTON RD OLD FLETTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial