Percy Alfred Wheeler

In memoriam

Service Number 15819 Percy Alfred Wheeler was born 5 Jun 1892 to Clara Ann and Frank Edward Wheeler, booking clerk. Percy Alfred was baptized 7 Aug 1892 in the Parish of Saltley, St Savior, Church of England, in Birmingham, Warwickshire. In 1901, Percy A was 8 and lived at 65 Waverley Road in All Saints Parish, Aston, Birmingham, with his parents and 2 younger sisters, Amelia G and Clara L. In 3rd Quarter 1909, Percy Alfred Wheeler married Jessie Worthington. In 1911, the young married couple lived with her parents at 117 Osborn Road on Spark Hill, Birmingham. Corporal Percy Alfred Wheeler served with the 11th Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment on the Salonika Front in the Balkan Theatre. September 1914 - The 11th (Service) Battalion formed at Worcester as part of Kitchener's 3rd New Army under orders of 78th Brigade in 26th Division. Trained at Codford, St Mary. November 1914 - Spent winter in billets in Cheltenham. April 1915 - Moved to Longbridge, Deverill, for final training. 21-22 September 1915 - Landed in France overnight. Nov - Moved to Salonika. 1916 - Fought in Battle of Horseshoe Hill. 1917 - Fought in the 1st and 2nd Battles of Doiran. -- in https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/story/13094 24-25 April 1917 - Twelve companies of British infantry attacked the Bulgarian 2nd Brigade and took the "Nerezov," "Knyaz Boris," and "Pazardzhik" positions. A Bulgarian counterattack repelled the British, who retreated with heavy casualties. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Doiran_(1917) In his last battle near Salonika on the Macedonian Front, Corporal Percy Alfred Wheeler was Killed in Action. He was 25. May you rest in peace, Soldier. He was the son of Mrs. Clara Ann Wheeler, of 189 Golden Hillock Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, and the late Frank Edward Wheeler. His effects went to his widowed mother.

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