Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Percy James Perkins
In memory of:
Lance Corporal Percy James Perkins
April 9, 1917
Military Service
73822
34
Army
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
28th Bn.
Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Medal
Additional Information
May 28, 1882
Wiltshire, England
October 24, 1914
Regina, Saskatchewan
Son of James and Mary Ann Perkins, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.
Commemorated on Page 308 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
V. D. 17.
Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Photo of PERCY JAMES PERKINS – In memory of the men from the 28th Battalion CEF who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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