No.515714, Private, Percy Archibald BAREHAM
Aged 33
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Percy Archibald Bareham was born in Burton on Trent (Burton on Trent Q1-1884 6B:420), son of Harry Henry and Ellen BAREHAM (née RIVETT)
1891 census...Aged 7 Archibald was at 71 Blackpool Street,Burton on Trent with his father Harry BAREHAM [33], bricklayer born Clare; his mother Ellen [38] born Clare; brothers Sidney[10] born Clare and Ernest [6 months] born Burton on Trent; sisters Ethel [8] and Eveline [3] both born in Burton on Trent. His brother Ernest died in 1891 and also his mother died in 1891 and father married Jane GOSLING in 1893 (Risbridge Q3 4A:1033) 1901 census...Aged 17, bricklayer's apprentice,he was at Royal Oak Inn, Clare with his father Harry H, stepmother Jane [49] born Turnstead, Essex; brother Sidney (bricklayer); sister Eveline and aunt Emma BARTON [34] born Poslingford. 1911 census...He has not been found in this census. His parents and sister Eveline were at Snow Hill, Clare. So far unable to trace when he moved to Paris. No pension card has been found. |
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He enlisted in Paris on 31st January 1916, a compositor, living at 90 Rue Ordener, Paris. He was 5 feet 9.5 inches ( 176.5 cm)tall,
weighed 140 lbs (63.7 kg),
chest 32" to 35" (81.3 to 88.9 cm), Congregationalist. Father Harry Bareham of Chilton Road, Clare. He was placed in the Reserves and mobilised on 30th April 1917 as 515714 Private in 14th Battalion, London Regiment. Joined BEF in France on 14th August 1917. He was wounded in the neck, left arm and right foot on 30th November 1917, and admitted that day to 3 Casualty Clearing Station, and thence to 11 General Hospital, Camiers. Evacuated per MHHS Carisbrooke Castle he arrived back in UK on 9th December.On 11th his mother was sent a telegram from County of Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, St Albans telling her he was seriously ill. he died there at 3.45 am on 20th December. Completing the "living relatives" form on 14th June 1919 his father entered parents at Chilton Road, Clare, brother Sidney in the Army in the MEF; sister Ethel WRIGHT in Castle Camps, and sister Eveline SMITH at Hill Cottage, Chilton Road, Clare. The battalion had been under constant shellfire and mortar fire that day, several German attacks on the trench shown below were repulsed. They had 16 men killed that day. |
Percy's grave, with his stepmother
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