Private Percy Bardill

Army Number: 31999

Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Calverton, Nottinghamshire. Son of Henry and Harriett Bardill, of Calverton. Husband of Mabel Annie Bardill, of The Avenue, Calverton. He was a hosiery worker prior to enlisting at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He was killed in action, 3rd September 1916, in the attack on the German positions near Beaumont Hamel, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private Percy Bardill is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Wilfrid’s Church War Memorial, Calverton, Nottinghamshire.
Calverton Cemetery War Memorial, Calverton, Nottinghamshire.