Basic Details
Surname
Hansford
Forenames
Percy Charles
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Honours
D.C.M. (Distinguished Conduct Medal)
Notes
Company Serjeant Major
P HANSFORD
Service Number: 87253
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Engineers
204th Field Coy.
Date of Death
Died 09 April 1918
Age 31 years old
Buried or commemorated at
SENLIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
I. B. 1.
France
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Awards
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Additional Info
Son of Charles and Sarah Hansford, of Weymouth, Dorset; husband of Mary Hansford, of 106, Northwood Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey.
Personal Inscription
PEACE PERFECT PEACE
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Engineers
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Segt. Major
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Engineers
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Company Sergeant Major
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Year of death
1918
Month of death
April
Day of death
9
Age at death
31
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action