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Private Percy WILLIAMS, G/7355, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 3010, Royal Sussex Regiment), died of dysentery whilst a Prisoner of War, Valenciennes, France, 11th August 1918, age 28.

Born Southwick, Sussex, son of Wallace & Jane Williams, of 14, Chapel Road, Fishersgate, Portslade, Brighton, Sussex.

1911Census - 14, Chapel Road, Fishersgate, Portslade, Brighton, Sussex - Jane Williams, head, age 52, widow, married 27 years, 11 children, 7 still alive, born Old Shoreham, Sussex; Ernest Williams, son, age 23, single, letterpress printer, worker, born Fishergate, Sussex; Percy Williams, son, age 21, single, paperhanger, worker, born Fishergate, Sussex; Ethel Williams, daughter, age 12, scholar, born Fishergate, Sussex; Norman Williams, son, age 10, scholar, born Fishergate, Sussex.

Enlisted Chichester, Sussex.

5th March 1920, Probate - Percy Williams, of 14 Leylands Terrace, Fishersgate, Sussex, died 11th August 1918, in France. Administration (with Will), London, 31st July to Jane Williams, widow. Effects £257 19s 4d. Former Grant P.R. March 1920 revoked.

Buried at Valenciennes, St Roch, Communal Cemetery, V. E. 17., Nord, France.