His story
Percy Mountford worked as a coal miner hewer.
He was recorded living in Kidsgrove in 1911.
He served as a corporal in the Army Veterinary Corps, under service number TT/02512. His recorded unit was 10th Mechanical Boring Section.
He died on 23 October 1918, aged 28. His recorded cemetery or memorial is Beirut War Cemetery.
Before the war
- Occupation
- Coal Miner Hewer
- Residence recorded
- Kidsgrove
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Corporal
- Service number
- TT/02512
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 10th Mechanical Boring Section
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 23 October 1918
- Age
- 28
- Cemetery or memorial
- Beirut War Cemetery
- Grave reference
- 25.
Connected men
- Arthur Edwin FAIRHEADAlso buried at Beirut War Cemetery
- Matthew FINLAYSONAlso buried at Beirut War Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- Research record number: 423
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Percy Mountford”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/mountford-percy-tt-02512/.
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