Percy Lacey

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772080
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
February 21st, 1918
Cemetery: 
Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension - Pas de Calais, France - II.A.8.
Commemorated at: 
St. John's Anglican Church, Steel Company of Canada
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Staffordshire
Birth city: 
West Bromwich
Address at enlistment: 
139 Oxford Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
139 Oxford Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Lathe hand
Employer: 
Steel Co. of Canada
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
21

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Trenches near Lens.

BX March 6, 1918

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lacey, 139 Oxford Street, received official news yesterday that their son, Private Percy Lacey, 125th had been killed in action on February 21. The deceased young man was a machinist, having learned his trade at the Waterous Engine Works. His brother-in-law, Private Harry Hall returned invalided last evening, having been wounded in the thigh.