No.G/21157, Private, Percy FLEMING
Aged 27
Percy Fleming was born in Six Mile Bottom on 17th August 1890 (Chesterton Q4-1890 3B:411), son of Robert and Jessie Burrows
FLEMING (née HIGH).
1891 census... Aged 7 months, he was at Main Road, Little Wilbraham with his father Robert FLEMING [26] domestic gardener, born Badingham, Suffolk; his mother Jessie B [31] born Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, and brother Bertram J [2] born Chippenham, Cambs. 1901 census...Aged 10, he was at Board School, Barway (where his mother was Head Mistress), with his father Robert (gardener); his mother Jessie Burrows; brothers Bertram James and Cyril [2] born Soham; sister Sylvia Jessie Burrows [8] born Soham. 1911 census...Aged 20, horse man on farm, he was still at the School House, Barway with his parents; brother Cyril and sisters Sylvia and Evelyn Maud [8] born Barway. His last employer was Mr Lister in Barway. The pension card for the brothers has the family home still at School House, Barway His younger brother Cyril was killed in action in France in 1918. see here |
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