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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Hampshire & Isle of Wight => Topic started by: grahamila on Wednesday 08 October 25 21:56 BST (UK)

Title: Percy Wearn
Post by: grahamila on Wednesday 08 October 25 21:56 BST (UK)
I am trying to locate where Percy Wearn (born 1895) was living in 1945.  He is missing from the 1939 Register but his wife is shown as living in Alton.
Title: Re: Percy Wearn
Post by: Ann E on Wednesday 08 October 25 23:10 BST (UK)
 He could be in army/Navy/airforce/ other ?
Title: Re: Percy Wearn
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 09 October 25 00:06 BST (UK)
Presume you mean Percy Stephen Wearn?  What is the significance of 1945?
Title: Re: Percy Wearn
Post by: grahamila on Thursday 09 October 25 01:28 BST (UK)
He served in the Home Guard so I am trying to establish if it was in Hampshire, and it was Percy Stephen Wearn.
Title: Re: Percy Wearn
Post by: ShaunJ on Thursday 09 October 25 08:41 BST (UK)
Is this him reminiscing in 1974? https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-share/7ec4f638-c2b7-40f9-a748-d59a1e4d6d1e
Title: Re: Percy Wearn
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 09 October 25 10:23 BST (UK)
The reference to serving in WW2 would account for his absence on the 1939 register. 

WW1 MRI refers to him as just Percy & the 1911-1921 refer to just Percy

Given there is only one Percy Wearn birth between 1837 - 1916 I doubt it’s another Percy Wearn  ;D
Title: Re: Percy Wearn
Post by: Little Nell on Thursday 09 October 25 12:44 BST (UK)
Percy served on anti-aircraft guns in both Southampton and Portsmouth during WWII, but was injured and rendered almost completely deaf by a land-mine when it exploded.  This was in Portsmouth. 

By the early 1970s he was living in Upper Bucklebury in Berkshire.

Nell
Title: Re: Percy Wearn
Post by: grahamila on Thursday 09 October 25 13:35 BST (UK)
Thank you for your replies.  That is him in the newspaper article.  I applied to TNA for his Home Guard papers but they are asking which county he served in which is why I am trying to establish if he was living in Hampshire as well as serving there.
Title: Re: Percy Wearn
Post by: Little Nell on Monday 13 October 25 16:24 BST (UK)
I would think he was living in Hampshire while he served with the Home Guard.  Movement was fairly restricted during the war.

Nell