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Revision as of 13:13, 27 February 2015

Personnel Entry

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Name King Percy Paulet
Army number 11804
Rank Brigadier
Decorations WW1 - British War Medal, Victory Medal, Active Service Medal.
Date of birth Birth registered Q4 1896, Kensington St Philip. Baptised 1/12/1896 st St Philip's Church.
Age 0
Unit Commissioned in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Posted 2nd Battalion. During World War One served in the Royal Tank Regiment as well as with both 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Gloucester Regiment. Posted 70th Brigade HQ 24/7/1942 until 20/1/1944. Retired 2/9/1944. Cased to be a member of the Reserve of Officers on age grounds 24/9/1951.
Company/Battery 70 Bde HQ
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Brigade Commander - succeeded Brigadier Philip Kirkup.
Joined Brigade 24-Jul-42.
Promotions Lt Colonel 28/12/1942. Honorary Brigadier 2/9/1944.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 8/4/1962 in Cornwall, aged 65. Death registered Weymouth, Dorset. Probate granted 10/10/1962.
Home address Son of Harry Percy King and Winifred Elizabeth King. Lived Montrose, Wellington St. Cheltenham in the 1911 Census, aged 14. Married Grace Beatrice Bridgland 1917
Source table 70BG

Used with permission of Royal Corps of Signals Museum

Brigadier Percy Paulet King is seated at the centre front.