Basic Details
Surname
Watts
Forenames
Percy Frederick Ormonde
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14878
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 6 South View, London Road, and states he was entitled to the 1915 Star medal.

(CWGC records that Private Percy Fred Watts, regimental number 14878, died aged 20 on 15/10/1915 serving in 'C' Company, 7th Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Ypres Menin Gate Memorial. They record him as the son of Frederick Watts of 6 South View, London Road, Peterborough.
His Medal Index Card records that he went to France on 1/9/1915. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his sister Ella Grace Ball was his legatee.
The birth of Percy Fred O. Watts was registered in Peterborough District in 1895. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents Frederick and Emma Watts at 4 Silver Street, Fletton, Peterborough. On the 1911 census he and his father were lodging at 6 South View, London Road, Peterborough with Percy's sister Ellen Grace and her husband Frederick John Ball).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
St Eloi
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
October
Day of death
15
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
6 SOUTH VIEW, LONDON RD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial