Percy Braham (BRA2954)

Basic Information

Unique reference:

BRA2954

Other first name:

Percival

Other surname:

Abrahams

Gender:

Male

Birth

Date of birth:

1899

Place of birth:

Liverpool

Death

Date of death:

30 Sivan 5676 (01 July 1916)

Died in combat?:

Yes

Place of death:

Somme

Cause of death:

Killed in Action

Burial place:

Thiepval Memorial

Liverpool Evening Express

Places

Addresses

Family home:

46 Tennyson Street, Liverpool (1911)

Family home:

31 Madeleine Street, Liverpool (1916)

Schools

Name:

Liverpool Hebrew School for Boys

Other Organisations

Name:

Jewish Lads' Brigade

Percy Braham was the second son of Samson Braham formerly Abraham, a Polish Jew born in Warsaw in 1867, and his wife Hannah.

Percy enlisted on 9th November 1914 in Liverpool when he gave his age as 18 years 60 days - almost certainly telling lies as all other records show he would have been only 16 years old - a clerk by trade and his next of kin as his father of 54 Kenmare Road, Liverpool. A report in the Liverpool Evening Express in July 1916 said that Percy had been employed with the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company prior to his enlistment.

Percy served in France from 7th November 1915 and in 1916 received hospital/Field Ambulance treatment on several occasions for what seems to have been Trench Foot. His record shows that he was a drummer, backed up by the Evening Express report.

He was killed in action on the 01/07/1916 and has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

Information thanks to liverpoolpals.com

Military Record

Military service:

Army

Military record no.:

21941

Date discharged/death:

01 July 1916

Rank at discharge/death:

Private

Assignments

Regiment:

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Battalion/unit:

20th Battalion

Campaigns:

Somme Offensive - died first day on the Attack of Montauban

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Medal card
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Service enrolment
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Register of effects

Roll of Honour

P. BRAHAM, 01 July 1916

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