Memorial

Percy Arthur THURLEY

Percy Arthur Thurley (context)

Source: Copyright Jane King

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Current Location

In the narrow band of graves behind the mausoleum, adjacent to the left pathway, Fletton Cemetery, Fletton Avenue, Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 8DF, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 19659 97367

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 67950
Description: Memorial stone, in the form of an open book, with raised lead letters, which stands on the grave of his parents.
Inscription: IN EVER LOVING/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ PERCY ARTHUR,/ DEARLY LOVED YOUNGEST/ SON OF ELIZA ANN &/ JOHN THOMAS/ THURLEY,/ WHO DIED PRISONER OF/ WAR AT RASTATT/ (BADEN) GERMANY/ AUGUST 8TH 1918,/ AGED 24 YEARS./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO/ MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS./ WE SHALL KNOW HIS VOICE/ IN THE HEAVENLY THRONG,/ HIS STEPS IN THE STREET OF GOLD,/ AND SEE THE SMILE ON HIS/ DEAR FACE,/ AS IN THE DAYS OF OLD.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Name; date and place of death; age
Additional Information: Percy is also commemorated on the World War 1 memorial at Fletton St Margaret's Church.

History

Sponsor Type: private

Conservation

Components

Gravestone

Height: 230

Width: 600

Depth: 80

Made from: Stone

Condition: Poor

Further Information

Commonwealth War Graves Commission registers: Private Percy Arthur Thurley of 61st Battalion Machine Gun Corps, regimental number 139717, died on 8/8/1918, aged 24. He is buried in grave II.K.2 in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany.