King Percy Paulet Brigadier 11804 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=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
|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.
|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.
|Source table=70BG
}}

[[File:70_Bde_HQ_1942_incl_Capt_DPK_Rennick_-_Royal_Signals.jpg|500px|centre|Used with permission of Royal Corps of Signals Museum]] ‎

Brigadier Percy Paulet King is seated at the centre front.

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−	Brigadier Percy Paulet King is seated at the centre front. The use of this photograph is by permission of the Museum of the Royal Corps of Signals - the group includes Captain Rennick - then the Brigade Signals Officer.	+	Brigadier Percy Paulet King is seated at the centre front. The use of this photograph is by permission of the Museum of the Royal Corps of Signals - the group includes Captain Rennick - then the Brigade Signals Officer and Captain Stewart-Rattray, Brigade RASC Officer (confirmed via family correspondence).

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 |Date of birth=Birth registered Q4 1896, Kensington St Philip.  Baptised 1/12/1896 st St Philip's Church.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the Gloucestershire Regiment 17/4/1915. Attached to the Machine Gun Corps.  Posted Tank Corps - 16th Battalion.  Prisoner of War 23/3/1918 to 19/12/1918.  Posted 4th Battalion Gloucesters 1921 - 1924.  Posted Iraq Levies 1924 - 1927.  Attached to the Air Ministry 1927 - 1932.  Posted 2nd Battalion Gloucester Regiment in command.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ 24/7/1942 until 20/1/1944 in command.  Retired as Honorary Brigadier 25/8/1944.  Cased to be a member of the Reserve of Officers on age grounds 24/9/1951.
+|Unit=Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the Gloucestershire Regiment 17/4/1915. Attached to the Machine Gun Corps.  Posted Tank Corps - 16th Battalion.  Prisoner of War 23/3/1918 to 19/12/1918.  Posted 4th Battalion Gloucesters 1921 - 1924.  Posted Iraq Levies 1924 - 1927.  Attached to the Air Ministry 1927 - 1932.  Posted 2nd Battalion Gloucester Regiment in command.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ 24/7/1942 until 20/1/1944 in command.  Retired as Honorary Brigadier 25/8/1944.  Ceased to be a member of the Reserve of Officers on age grounds 24/9/1951.
 |Company/Battery=70 Bde HQ
 |Task or role=16th Bn Tank Corps- Adjutant. DAPM 1920-1921.  4th Bn Gloucesters - Adjutant.  2nd Bn Gloucesters - O.C.  70th Brigade - Brigade Commander - succeeded Brigadier Philip Kirkup.

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−	Brigadier Percy Paulet King is seated at the centre front.	+	Brigadier Percy Paulet King is seated at the centre front. The use of this photograph is by permission of the Museum of the Royal Corps of Signals - the group includes Captain Rennick - then the Brigade Signals Officer.

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 |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.
+|Unit=Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the Gloucestershire Regiment 17/4/1915. Attached to the Machine Gun Corps.  Posted Tank Corps - 16th Battalion.  Prisoner of War 23/3/1918 to 19/12/1918.  Posted 4th Battalion Gloucesters 1921 - 1924.  Posted Iraq Levies 1924 - 1927.  Attached to the Air Ministry 1927 - 1932.  Posted 2nd Battalion Gloucester Regiment in command.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ 24/7/1942 until 20/1/1944 in command.  Retired as Honorary Brigadier 25/8/1944.  Cased to be a member of the Reserve of Officers on age grounds 24/9/1951.
 |Company/Battery=70 Bde HQ
-|Task or role=Brigade Commander - succeeded Brigadier Philip Kirkup.
+|Task or role=16th Bn Tank Corps- Adjutant. DAPM 1920-1921.  4th Bn Gloucesters - Adjutant.  2nd Bn Gloucesters - O.C.  70th Brigade - Brigade Commander - succeeded Brigadier Philip Kirkup.
 |Joined Brigade=24-Jul-42.
-|Promotions=Lt Colonel 28/12/1942.  Honorary Brigadier 2/9/1944.
+|Promotions=Lt 29/5/1916.  Captain 1/5/1925.  Major 15/9/1935.  Lt Colonel 28/12/1942.  Honorary Brigadier 2/9/1944.
 |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 30, Pembroke Square, Kensington.  Then at Montrose, Wellington St. Cheltenham in the 1911 Census, aged 14.  Married Grace Beatrice Bridgland Q3 1917, at Gravesend, Kent.  One daughter - Aline Stephanie.

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 |Promotions=Lt Colonel 28/12/1942.  Honorary Brigadier 2/9/1944.
 |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
+|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 Q3 1917, at Gravesend, Kent.  One daughter - Aline Stephanie.
 |Source table=70BG
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