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The names of 197 local men who lost their lives in World War I are
inscribed on the bells of the Memorial Community Church in Plaistow. They are our local heroes

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Percival Henry Edmondson

Lieutenant
Royal Garrison Artillery

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Born
Finsbury Park - c 1888
Died
Unknown - 28 June 1918
Age
30
Death
Died of wounds
Served in
Royal Garrison Artillery
Awards
Unknown
Memorials
Unknown
Lived
Finsbury Park and Fairclough Hall, Weston, Hants

Percival Henry's story

MC (Nottinghamshire) Royal Horse Artillery, and 309th Siege Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery.

His brother Cyril was killed in action in the First World War and commemorated on the same bell.

Their mother was a supporter of the church who opened the new building in 1922 and dedicated the bells as a war memorial in 1925.

Service Number
Unknown
Mother
Isabel
Father
James
Spouse
Unknown
Buried
Querrieu British Cemetery, France
  • battenberg edmonson cropped
  • DEDICATION OF THE BELLS 1925
  • Edmondson_P from war graves photographic project
  • london gazette re percy edmondson

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