Identity
Person No.
5511
Service No.
2325016
Last Name
First Name
John Francis
Initials
J F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,467
Died on active service
Military Service
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Country
Locality
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Notes
Son of Christian Ernest Delaporte, and of Johanna Maria Delaporte, of Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "Royal Corps of Signals" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
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Stories 1
Percy was born in Bradford c. 1872. His father, Henry Archer, was a Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer. His mother's name was Jane (nee: Taylor). Percy was one of eight children. His brothers and sisters were Louisa, Thomas Edward, Henry, Kate A, Frank H, Ernest, and Eliza Alice (Lily). A notice in the Bradford Observer on the 7th October 1901 announces Percy's death: ?ARCHER ? October 2nd, aged 29, Percy, son of Henry Archer, Bradford, from wounds received at Moediwill, South Africa.? Percy was a Private in the first battalion of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment (previously called the Derbyshire Regiment). Percy?s military number was 3212. He is buried in the cemetery at Moedwil (629). The battle at Moedwil took place on 30 September 1901.
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