History while in the forces
08 Aug 1916: joined up sent to Signal Section Royal Engineers spent his training period in BedfordshireDec 1916: now qualified Sapper
Mar 1917: is now in draft awaiting orders to proceed to France
31 Mar 1917: sailed for Salonica
Jun 1917: we hear that he has reached Salonica
17 Jul 1917: his wife informed us today that he has been in hospital with injuries from a fall down the "Holy Hill"
- Surname
- Holroyd
- Forename
- Percy Alexander
- Service number
- 194686
- Rating or rank
- Sapper
- Regiment or Other Unit
- L/R Draft Section 217 Royal Engineers Signals British Expeditionary Force
- Branch
- Bedford
- Date of Birth
- 1881
- Date of birth
- 1881
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 1899
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 08 Aug 1916
