25th County of London Cyclist Battalion
The London Regiment


Percy Charles SOMERSET


Regimental number

969

Place of birth

Brockley , Kent , London , England

School

Rathfern Road Council School , ENgland

Age on arrival in Australia

18

Religion

Church of England

Occupation

Line repairer

Address

White Hills, Bendigo , Victoria

Marital status

Single

Age at embarkation

21

Next of kin

Father, C E Somerset, 8 Kemble Road , Forest Hill, London , England

Previous military service

25th London Regiment (cyclists) Territorials

Enlistment date

21 August 1914

Rank on enlistment

Private

Unit name

7th Battalion, H Company

AWM Embarkation Roll number

23/24/1

Embarkation details

Unit embarked from Melbourne , Victoria , on board Transport A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914

Rank from Nominal Roll

Lance Corporal

Unit from Nominal Roll

7th Battalion

Fate

Died of wounds 2 August 1916

Place of death or wounding

Pozieres, Somme Sector , France

Age at death

23

Place of burial

Lewisham (Ladywell) Cemetery (Row G, Grave No. 142), London

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial

51

Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records

Son of Mr C E SOMERSET, 8 Kembie Road , Forest Hill, London , England



 My acknowledgement to the Australian Anzacs in the Great War :-

http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=283219
 


  

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