PERCY+THEODORE+FEARN

Fearn, Percy Theodore, Private, 42542, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’ Own). Born Sheffield Enlisted Sheffield Killed in action 16th August 1917. Aged 19. Son of Georgina Fearn, of Primrose Cottage, Bamford, Sheffield. An employee of Midland Railway at Masborough: Control Reporter, Traffic – Coaching Section. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panels 42 to 47 and 162. Also commemorated on the Midland Railway Memorial, Midland Road, Derby.
 * Percy Theodore Fearn **

1911 Census Aged 13 A school boy A boarder at the Charity School for Boys, East Parade, Sheffield, Yorkshire