PERCY ALFRED AMOS
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG”: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
17th Battalion Manchester Regiment
Born: 1881, Colchester, Essex.
Died: 1st July 1916; age 35; KiA at Montauban. Served 1 year & 303 days.
Baptised: 24th April 1881, at St. Giles Church, Colchester, Essex.
Residence: ‘Woodleigh,’ Western Road, Flixton, Lancashire.
Occupation: Engineering Draughtsman with Co-Operative Wholesale Society – Architects Department.
Enlistment: Location: Manchester, Lancashire; Date: 2nd September 1914; age 33 years & 6 months. Height: 5ft & 7ins.
Date of Entry Therein: 8th November 1915 – France.
Service:
Home – 2nd September 1914 – 7th November 1915
France: 8th November 1915 – 1st July 1916.
Promoted: 1st August 1915 – Sergeant.
Rank: Sergeant; Service Number: 8047
Regiment: Manchester Regiment, 17th Battalion – ‘The Pals.’
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.
Memorial Reference:
Pier & Face 13A & 14C.
Somme,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Second son of Mr. C.W. & Mrs. A. E. Amos, of 148, Bramford Road, Ipswich; brother of Frederick Amos, of 47, Waterloo Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1881 84, Magdalen Street, Colchester, Essex.
Percy was under a month old and living with his parents & brother. The family were lodging with Percy’s widowed maternal grandmother & aunt.
Charles Waylen Amos, 23, a Railway Clerk, Witham, Essex.
Annie Elizabeth Amos (nee Green), 24, born Colchester, Essex.
Frederick William Charles Amos, 1, born Colchester.
Elizabeth Ann Green, 45, a School Mistress, born Colchester.
Emily Sarah Green, 21, a Draper’s Assistant, born London.
1 servant.
1891 50, Rendlesham Road, Ipswich.
Percy was 10 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Charles, 33, a Railway Clerk.
Annie, 33.
Frederick, 11.
Emily Florence L. Amos, 8, born Colchester.
Mabel Alice Amos, 2, born Ipswich.
1901 50, Rendlesham Road, Ipswich.
Percy was 20 years old, an Engineering Draftsman. He was living with his parents & siblings.
Charles, 43, a Railway Clerk.
Annie, 44.
Frederick, 21, a Railway Clerk.
Emily, 18, a Milliner.
Lilian Annie Amos, 14, born Colchester, Essex.
Mabel, 12.
1911 ‘Woodleigh’ Western Road, Flixton, Lancashire.
Percy was 30 years old, a Grain Handling & Milling Engineer. He was a boarder at the home of 79 year old widow, John Heywood.
Percy was a student at the Ipswich Science & Art & Technical School. Between 1895 and 1902, he passed elementary and advanced examinations with First Class and Second Class grades in Applied Mechanics, Steam, Mathematics, Drawing in Light and Shade, Freehand Drawing and Model Drawing. In 1903, as an external candidate of the Norwich Technical Institute, Percy passed an examination in Milling – Flour Manufacture.
Probate to Mabel Amos – sister.
Soldiers’ Effects to Mabel Amos – sister, c/o Block & Cullingham Solicitors, Arcade Chambers, Ipswich.
Percy is also remembered on the war memorial at the Co-Operative Wholesale Society Memorial Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, and on his parents’ headstone at Section X. G., Ipswich Old Cemetery, Ipswich.
MANCHESTER REGIMENT – THE PALS 17th (Reserve) Battalion: http://www.1914-1918.net/mancs.htm
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