Lord William Percy
Appearance
Lord William Percy | |
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Born | 17 May 1882 |
Died | 8 February 1963 | (aged 80)
Education | University of Oxford |
Parent |
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Relatives | Henry Percy (brother) Alan Percy (brother) Eustace Percy (brother) Algernon Percy (grandfather) George Campbell (grandfather) |
Military career | |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Grenadier Guards |
Wars | World War I |
Colonel Lord William Richard Percy CBE DSO (17 May 1882 - 8 February 1963) was a British military officer who served in the Grenadier Guards during the First World War.
Percy attended the University of Oxford where he was a member of the Bullingdon Club.[1]
Percy was mentioned in dispatches and appointed Commander of the Royal Order of George I, King of Greece.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Trust, National. "The Bullingdon Club in the quadrangle of Christ Church. The Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes, later Captain the Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (1880-1915) is sitting in the second row, two from left and has a flower in his lapel. 889936.9". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Percy, Col Lord William (Richard), (17 May 1882–8 Feb. 1963), late Grenadier Guards". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u48391. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 3 April 2021.