Identity
Person No.
39181
Service No.
2382909
Last Name
First Name
Percival William
Initials
P W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,632
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident. Percy and his unit were travelling back from manoeuvres in the Brecon Beacons when their troop carrier rolled over. Several of the other men had injuries, but Percy the most serious, he sustained a fractured skull. He was taken to Atkinson Morley Hospital (specialists in brain injury) in Wimbledon, and 24 hours later he died
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Special Air Service 52
Later renamed
Rhodesian Special Air Service
(1961)
Unit
Secondary Unit
3 Commando, 11 Troop
Defence Force
UK 4,066
British forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Max Jacobson and Ima Violet Heberle. Brother of Ernest and Charmain in South Africa. Not on Armed Forces Memorial. Arrived from Durban, South Africa on Carnarvon Castle 29 January 1960. A professional engineer by trade and earned his degree at Witwatersrand University.
Citations
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
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