Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookh he had been at Aldershot. After a time there was a break in the fire, and then came the final order to charge, and the Captain jumped up, revolver and sword in hand, to lead the company forward, and I was with him. His wounds were caused by a rifle bullet hitting him in the chest. We were all pleased to think that we had Capt. Pepys posted to take command of the company after the death of our previous commander, the late Capt. Carr, and the whole company deeply regretted that he had been taken from us so soon." Capt. Pepys _m._ at Iffley Church, near Oxford, 27 July, 1914, Maud Mael, dau. of William Foster, of Beechwood Iffley; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Reginald W. Pepys.=] =PERCY, HENRY EDWARD=, Private, No. 750, Honourable Artillery Company, elder _s._ of Josceline Hugh Percy, of 49, Talbot Road, Highgate [grandson of the Right Rev. Lord Hugh Percy D.D., Bishop of Carlisle, yr. brother of George, 5th Duke of Northumberland], by his wife, Grace Anne, dau. of Edward Percy Thompson; _b._ Southampton, 6 Aug. 1893; educ. Darlston Court, Swanage, and St. Bees School, Cumberland; was in Equity and Law Life Assurance Office, Lincoln's Inn Fields; joined the H.A.C. in Feb. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France 18 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Kemmel, 25 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Kemmel. [Illustration: =Henry E. Percy.=] =PERCY, LEONARD SIDNEY=, Private, No. 1623, 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Charles John Percy, of 16, Stuart Road, West Kilburn, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of H. Kent; _b._ Salisbury, co. Wilts, 13 Aug. 1896; educ. St. Mark's School, Marleborne; was a Milkman; joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained in Malta for six months; went to France, 10 March, and died in the Australian Hospital, Wimereux, 14 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Loos, 26 Sept.; _unm._ Buried at Wimereux. =PERCY, WILLIAM REGINALD MINSHULL=, Private, No. 9755, 5th Battn. (Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Henry Percy, of Bod Meurig, Rhyl, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of William Minshull, of Mold; _b._ Southport, 4 Feb. 1895; educ. Epworth College, Rhyl, and then entered the office of the Prudential Society. On the declaration of war in Aug. 1914, he joined the London Rifle Brigade, and was killed in action near Ypres, 27 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried near St. Julien. His Capt. wrote of him as a great loss, "he was so cheery with a sort of Irish wit about him that made him excellent company." One of his comrades wrote: "The whole battn. was under heavy shell fire at the time, and you will be glad to know that Reggie behaved magnificently during the whole period. He was in fact one of the most popular fellows in the platoon." A writer in the Ibis said: "Clean-minded, high-spirited, with a charm of manner that captivated all with whom he came in contact, he was the embodiment of joyous youth. The cruel eclipse of this bright life has cast a shadow which only the years in their course can lighten." From the Headmaster of Epworth College: "Many old Epworthians will remember the skilful drawings executed by W. R. M. P. His caricatures were the best this school have ever produced. All of us, masters and boys, at one time or another provided him with subjects for his friendly but critical pencil. The men of his company were fortunate in having a comrade so vivacious, and so full of kindly humour. Their testimony and that of the officers of the battn. show the high regard in which he was held, and to this testimony we add our tribute of esteem and affection." [Illustration: =William R. M. Percy.=] =PERHAM, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14848, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PERKINS, ALEXANDER=, Leading Seaman, 227224, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PERKINS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10386), 203819, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PERKINS, CHARLES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9009), S.S. 105825, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =STEELE-PERKINS, CYRIL STEELE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt., only surviving _s._ of George Chapman Steele-Perkins, of 30, Weymouth Place, Portland Place, W., and Kingsdown, near Deal, M.D., by his wife, Alice, dau. of Edward Chapman, of Sydney, New South Wales; _b._ Streatham, S.W., 27 Feb. 1887; educ. St. Paul's School, London University and Sandhurst; from which latter he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. Royal Lancashire Regt. 8 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 12 Sept. 1911. On the outbreak of war he went with that regt. to the Front, and was killed in action at Haucourt, between Cambray and Le Cateau, France, 26 Aug. 1914; _unm._ In an article headed "Our Troops Under Fire," in "The Times," 8 Sept. 1914 the writer said: "Then there was Lieut. Steele-Perkins, who died one of the grandest deaths a British officer could wish for. He was lifted out of the trenches wounded four times, but, protesting, he crawled back again and remained there till he was mortally wounded." The following account appeared in "The Scout," 26 Sept. 1914, p. 54: "On Aug. 26, 1914, The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt. was very heavily engaged. One of the greatest heroes of the fight was Lieut. Steele-Perkins. As the German hordes advanced, he--one of the few officers left--walked along the trenches, encouraging the men to do their utmost. No fear had he of danger. What the men could face he was willing to endure. A shell exploded, wounding him severely, and he was carried out of the trenches, protesting loudly. No sooner had he been carried to safety than he crawled back to the trenches; while he could move he would be with his men--they needed his presence to spur them on. 'Ah,' said one of his sergeants, 'he was a proper man, he was. We would do anything for him.' Four times he was lifted out of trenches, badly wounded, and four times he crawled back again, more feeble each time--nothing but actual physical weakness would keep him from sharing the dangers of his men. Then came the end--from a shell bursting overhead." [Illustration: =Cyril S. Steele-Perkins.=] =PERRETT, ERNEST=, Petty Officer, 206389, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PERRETT, WILLIAM NELSON=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24698, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Frederick Nelson Perrett, of 265, Dale Street, Chatham; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =PERRY, ALFRED HENRY=, Leading Telegraphist, J. 867, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PERRY, ARTHUR THEODORE=, Private, No. 3/140, New Zealand Army Medical Corps, _s._ of Arthur Perry, of Northampton; _b._ Wellington, New Zealand, 4 May, 1886; educ. at Southampton, England; then retu |