Francis Alfred Perry, Age 22

Private, 200275, 1/4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry.

K.S.L.I Regiment Cap Badge.

Francis was a local lad in every sense of the word being born at Dawley and living at Horsehay, His sister also living at Horsehay after her marriage, Mrs A Plant of 20 Horsehay Close, Horsehay.

He was another of the districts lads who was a territorial soldier in the 1/4th Battalion and had served with them during their time in the Far East. Francis became another of the fallen when he was killed on Dawley’s black day, 30th December 1917, at Welsh Ridge, Cambrai.

Francis’s body was never found and his name appears alongside his comrades on the Thiepval Memorial on Pier/Face 12A - 12D

WWI Medal Rolls Index Card

Commonwealth War Graves
Commemorated Thiepval Memorial

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