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Digital gallery of Private Percy John Doubleday
Digital gallery of
Private Percy 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.
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
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.
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
This is a picture of Percy John Doubleday and his wife Carrie Doubleday
taken at Epson, England 1917.
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
This is a picture of the Doubleday Brother's from Halifax, Nova Scotia
during World War I.
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
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.
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
From the Halifax Evening Mail February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
From the Halifax Evening Mail February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Doubleday
From the Halifax Evening Mail July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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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.
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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.
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This is a picture of Percy John Doubleday and his wife Carrie Doubleday taken at Epson, England 1917.
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This is a picture of the Doubleday Brother's from Halifax, Nova Scotia during World War I.
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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.
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From the Halifax Evening Mail February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Halifax Evening Mail February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Halifax Evening Mail July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 229 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Loos (Loos-en-Gohelle) is a village to the north of the road from Lens to Bethune. From Lens, take the N43 towards Bethune. Arriving at Loos, turn right at CWGC sign post. The LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre from Loos Church in the southern part of the village.
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