Private Percy Heather

Army Number : 1321

Battalion : 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire and lived at Tunstead Milton, Derbyshire. Son of Albert Allen and Annie Elizabeth Heather, of Tunstead Milton. He was a packer at Chilworth Gunpowder Company prior to enlisting 8th February 1911 at Chapel-en-le-Frith. He went to France 28th February 1915 and died of wounds, 4th July 1915, at 43rd Field Ambulance.

Buried: Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. Enclosure No.2 Plot 4. Row B. Grave 26.

Private Percy Heather is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Chapel-en-le-Frith War Memorial, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire.