Basic Details
Surname
Thurley
Forenames
Percy Arthur
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Service number
139717
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 92 High Street, Old Fletton.

(CWGC records that Private Percy Arthur Thurley, regimental number 139717, died aged 24 on 8/8/1918 serving in 61st Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps, and is now buried in grave II.K.2 in Niederzwehren Cemetery at Kassel in Germany, having been reinterred after the War. They record him as a native of Peterborough, the son of John Thomas and Eliza Ann Thurley of "Rosie Kot", Fletton Avenue, Old Fletton, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Machine Gun Corps
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Machine Gun Corps
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Germany
Town of death
Rastatt
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
August
Day of death
8
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds in hospital at Rastatt, Germany as a Prisoner of War.
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
92 HIGH STREET OLD FLETTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial