Private Percy William Brann

Army Number: 269245 (formerly 2767 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and 20024)

Battalion: 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Wittersham, Kent. Son of William George and Minnie Brann, of 13, Kent Road, Reading. He was a domestic gardener prior to enlisting at Crich, Derbyshire. He went to France 1st March 1915 and was killed in action, 5th March 1917, aged 29, when the Germans raided the trenches near the Essarts – Hannescamps Road, France.

Buried : Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France. Plot 2, Row D, Grave 12.

Private Brann is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Crich Roll of Honour, Glebe Field Community Centre, Crich, Derbyshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Crich, Derbyshire.