Identity
Person No.
6967
Service No.
7531
Last Name
First Name
Percival Douglas
Initials
P D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
Military Service
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Notes
Son of Josephine Fearn, of 51 Stanger Street, Durban, Natal. ***Last name may be GILL, PERCIVAL DOUGLAS. (ALSO KNOWN AS FEARN).
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External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH (unnumbered) Sergeant FEARN, Percival Douglas, age 23, Force No 3006, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Uitenhage, Cape Colony about 1893; worked as a boilermaker & at the Belgrave Hotel before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; killed in action in a disastrous attack on German defensive positions east of Fampoux. 2nd SAI went in 400 strong & lost 16 officers and 285 men. (Born Percival Douglas GILL; assumed his stepfathe… Buried/commemorated: Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Rouex, Pas de Calais, France. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry; St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Durban; St. Marys Anglican Church, Greyville & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.…
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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