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Military service
Service number:
68395
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
June 15, 1888
Death:
July 18, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIX. D. 3.
Digital gallery of Private Percy John Doubleday
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Photo of Percival John Doubleday
Percival John Doubleday was born in Halifax Nova Scotia on June 5,1888. He was one of ten children born to Percival and Deborah Doubleday. Percival went overseas with the The 25th Bn Canadian Infantry Nova Scotia Regt in 1915. He saw action at Vimy Ridge and also in the Battle of the Somme. In May of 1917 Percival married an English Nurse named Caroline who he had met while being treated for wounds he received in action. He was killed in action at Lens France on Wednesday July 8,1917 and is buried at Loos British Cenetery. He had been married for only two months. -
Percy Doubleday and his brothers
This is a picture of the Percy Doubleday and his four brothers from Halifax Nova Scotia. They were all in the military during WWI. Percy was the only one killed in action. -
Percy Doubleday and his wife.
This is a picture of Percy John Doubleday and his wife Carrie Doubleday taken at Epson, England 1917. -
Photo of Doubleday's Brothers.
This is a picture of the Doubleday Brother's from Halifax, Nova Scotia during World War I. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 329 of 1076. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 229 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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