Lionel Percy Tate

(My Grand-uncle)

Percy was tragically killed 1 week before the end of the 1st World war. He had enlisted in February 1913 and survived so much, it seems bitter irony he should die so close to the end. He spent most of his service in the Northumberland Hussars. My mother remembers a family story that he came to visit his parents and tied his horse up by the lamppost.
During 1918 he became an officer and moved to the North Staffordshire regiment. A folder of papers relating to him (as an officer) is kept at the Public Records office at Kew in London, he is also mentioned in the War diary of the regiment.

Born:		17-Apr-1892
Father:		Robert William Tate 
Mother:		Emma Stainsby 

Died:		4-Nov-1918

This information comes from the commonwealth War Graves website:

In Memory of

LIONEL PERCY TATE

Second Lieutenant

"C" Coy. 8th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment
who died on
Monday, 4th November 1918. Age 26.

Additional Information: 	Son of Robert William and Emma Tate, of 111, Spencer St., Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne

Commemorative Information

Cemetery: WARGNIES-LE-GRAND CHURCHYARD, Nord, France Location: Wargnies-Le-Grand is a small village in the department of the Nord. The graves are situated in the North Boundary. Historical Information: This cemetery is within the area traversed by the British Army in August, 1914, but thenceforward occupied by the Germans until almost the end of the war. There are now over 20, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.

Additional Information

Army records 17-Feb-1913 Private, Northumberland Hussars Address: All Saints, Newcastle on Tyne Army records 4-Oct-1914 Private Embarked Southhampton to Zeebrugge Application Form 5-Sep-1917 Corporal, 1/1 Northumberland Hussars Application to Officer Cadet Army records 13-Oct-1917 Corporal Admitted to Officer Caadet School, England War Diary 4-Nov-1918 2nd Lieutenant 8th North Staffordshire Killed in Action

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