PERCY POTTER WYATT
Image from the Suffolk Chronicle And Mercury – 1916
Born: 11th September 1897, 2, Sparrows Cottage, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
Baptised on the 26th March 1899, at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich – Percy and Bertha’s home at 2, Sparrows Cottage, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
Died: 18th August 1916; age 19; KiA.
Residence: 548, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: with Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Orwell Works, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 1916
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Memorial Reference:
Pier & Face 1C & 2A.
Somme,
France.
Relatives Notified and Address: Grandson of Maria and the late William W. Wyatt, of 548, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 2, Sparrows Cottage, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
Percy was 3 years old and living with his grandparents, uncles & aunt.
William Winter Wyatt, 58, a Blacksmith – own account, born Leiston, Suffolk.
Maria Wyatt (nee Daniels), 57, born Rendlesham, Suffolk.
Ernest John Wyatt, 18, born Leiston.
Clara Ellen Wyatt, 13, born Middleton, Suffolk.
1911 548, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
Percy was 13 years old and living with his grandparents, aunt & uncle.
William, 62, a Blacksmith – own account.
Maria, 67.
Edward, 28, a Plough Fitter – Iron Foundry.
Clara, 23, a Dressmaker – Costume Maker.
Percy’s beloved grandfather, William Winter Wyatt, died on the 11th March 1915, at 548, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
His beloved grandmother, Maria Wyatt, died on the 2nd February 1917, at 243, Nacton Road, Ipswich, the home of her daughter, and was buried on the 7th February at Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Mother: Bertha Wyatt, born 1875, Leiston, Suffolk. On the 4th June 1900, at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich, Bertha married George Frederick Grimwood, born 1876, Ipswich. A dairyman – own account. They had two daughters and made their family home at 98, Hatfield Road, Ipswich.
Soldiers’ Effects to Maria Wyatt – grandmother, and later to Bertha Grimwood (husband of George Frederick Grimwood) – mother.
Percy is also remembered on the Orwell Works Memorial, Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ipswich, and on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.
Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion
“High Wood”
Suffolk Regiment records show:
4th Btn. On the 18th, not long before zero hour, Captain H.F. Ling was wounded, and still later, Lieut. R.D. Hume, M.C., entailing important changes in command at the last moment. Captain Ling remained in the trenches until the attack was over. Neither of the battalions on the right nor the left was able to make much progress. The 4th Battalion, in the centre, pushed forward. For a time, two of our companies occupied Wood Lane trench, but being unsupported, and 2nd Lieut. Bedwell (the only officer to reach the trench) having been killed, it was impossible to hold on. However, considering that the battalion had attacked after four days in the front line, it was justly pleased with its work. A rough night followed, during which the battalion was relieved. Early next morning, they moved to Fricourt Wood, and at sundown proceeded to a camp north-east of Meaulte, near Albert Road. The casualties on August 18th were as follows: Killed: 2nd Lieuts. V.L.S. Bedwell, H.C. Pawsey, and E. Norton, and 33 other ranks. Wounded: Captain H.F.Ling; 2nd Lieut. N.E. Suttle, and 108 other ranks. Missing: 50 other ranks. Total, 196. The 2nd battalion was seeing action at Cochrane Alley. The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1914 – 1927 by Lieut.-Colonel C.C.R. Murphy (late the Suffolk Regiment)
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