Percy West, Shillington

[lillibet dripping]

All has been revealed!
Birth/death certs show that Percy George WEST Peck was born in 1888, 3 years' before his parents' marriage. Although shown as West on the census' , he married as a Peck and died in 1921 as a Peck (from pleurisy, pneumonia and bronchitis).
So the motorcycle story was a case of Chinese Whispers because it was his cousin, Roland, who died in the accident.

However, I still can't find any trace of him in the military records as either a Peck or a West?

[bedfordshire boy]

Was a father's name given on his birth certificate?

[lillibet dripping]

No, but given the W stands for West, it seems safe to assume that William West was his father?

[t mo]

hi all
an intriguing story all round and as to his service time or not as the case may be . it,s possible if he was a salvationist he could get out of serving on that as like quackers they were not forced to fight as it is against there beliefs but some did other work such as stretcher bearers  as long as they didn,t have to actually fight indeed my dad told me they were there at dunkirk helping out as best they could even down to making tea for the boys .
regards
trevor