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Percy Howard Byng
Born:
2 Tishri 5653 (23 September 1892)
Died:
27 Elul 5676 (25 September 1916)
Basic Information
Unique reference:
BYN1413
Other surname:
Binswanger
Gender:
Male
Birth
Date of birth:
2 Tishri 5653 (23 September 1892)
Place of birth:
Hampstead, London
Death
Date of death:
27 Elul 5676 (25 September 1916)
Died in combat?:
Yes
Place of death:
Kut-el-Amara, Iraq
Cause of death:
Illness
Burial place:
Amara War Cemetery
Percy
Places
Schools
Name:
Harrow School
Name:
Exeter College, Oxford
Synagogues
Name:
West London Synagogue
Family
Siblings
Doris Gertrude Byng (female)
Edna Lilian Byng (female)
Parents
Father: Max Binswanger (male)
Mother: Ada Rose Dreschfeld (female)
Military Record
Military service:
Army
Date enlisted/conscripted:
01 April 1915
Date discharged/death:
25 September 1916
Rank at discharge/death:
Second Lieutenant
Assignments
Regiment:
Royal Field Artillery
Battalion/unit:
44th Bty
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Date of Death:
25 September 1916
Age:
Regiment / service:
Royal Field Artillery, 44th Bty.
Cemetery:
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq
Grave reference:
IX. E. 25.
Additional information:
Personal inscription:
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