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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
874620
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
June 7, 1892
Enlistment:
Crystal City, Manitoba
Death:
August 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Corbett, of Crystal City, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Percy Melville Corbett
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Photo of Percy Corbett
A Picture of Percy taken a few years before the War. -
War Diary
27th Batt. War Diary with Percy's Military Medal Award after Passchendeale. There were a lot of casualties 45 killed, 16 missing, and 160 wounded. -
Attestation Papers
Percy Corbett's Attestation Papers. He signed up in January 1917 but due to a hernia he was not allowed to train as a combat soldier. Percy was then trained as a stretcher bearer and left for France in June 1917. -
Newspaper clipping
Death Notice - Manitoba Free Press Sept. 14, 1918 -
Military Medal Citiation
P.M. Corbett's Military Medal Award as a Stretcher Bearer in the first wave of Passchendaele. Percy was KIA 27-8-18. Family story is that he was shot after being lured into helping a wounded German Soldier in No-Mans Land. Percy's body was never recovered and his name is on the Vimy Memorial. He was not cleared for combat due to a pre-existing hernia, but was made a Stretcher Bearer instead. Brave Man - Not Forgotten. -
War Diary
27th Batt. War Diary for August 27, 1918. The Battle SE of Arras where Percy was killed. It states that there were 15 KIAs that day. -
Letter
A letter home from Percy Corbett July 13th 1918. Letter is to his Family and does not mention much about the war. Percy says that all the Crystal City boys are either in Canada or Wounded. He says it is almost bedtime and he is under a shady tree. The Letter was written an Month before he dies. Pages 1+2 out of 4 -
Letter
A letter home from Percy Corbett July 13th 1918. Letter is to his Family and does not mention much about the war. Percy says that all the Crystal City boys are either in Canada or Wounded. He says it is almost bedtime and he is under a shady tree. The Letter was written an Month before he dies. Pages 3+4 out of 4 -
Document
The Circumstances of Death Notice for Percy Corbett. He was killed by a sniper while helping a wounded German Soldier. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Free Press Prairie Farmer newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Melville Corbett
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Melville Corbett
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Melville Corbett
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Melville Corbett
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Melville Corbett
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Melville Corbett
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Melville Corbett
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Melville Corbett
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Melville Corbett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 389 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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