Percy William HubbardLife:• Private Hubbard was born in Lambeth, London.• Percy was one of 7 siblings, one of which died in childhood and his only brother Mervyn Hubbard moved out of the family home sometime before 1901.• Percy worked as a bank clerk in the Bank of Westminster before he joined the army to fight in the Great War.• Percy was affectionately nicknamed Peter by his family and fellow soldiers, which can be seen on some of the letters to his family.

Death:• Percy Hubbard was killed whilst serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 16th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers.• He was on the front line trench near Arras whilst going about ‘from post-to-post steadying and encouraging the men’ when he was killed by a shell during a heavy bombardment.• He was recorded to have died ‘instantaneously’ but this is likely to have been said purely to comfort his family.• He is buried in Cabaret Rouge British Military Cemetery, Plot 8, Row M, Grave 38, 10 miles South West of Arras.

‘...His sunny nature and cheery disposition combined with splendid broadmindedness endeared him to us all and we are indeed the poorer for his loss...’

Letter to Miss Mabel Ruth Hubbard from Edgar B. Lord of the 16th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers on the death of her brother, Percy Hubbard.

=Front Line

Arras

1881-6th June 1918

Percy William Hubbard

Born 1881

Lived in Lambeth until 1911

Bank Clerk in Westminster Bank in 1911

Joined Royal Fusiliers 1915

First sister born 1887

Died 6th June 1918 in the Somme and the Western Front

Joined 12th division, 36th brigade, 8th Royal fusiliers

Left the 8th Fusiliers because he go promoted to Sergeant, he then joined the 3rd Lancashire fusiliers

Joined 3rd Lancaster Fusiliers

After he joined the 3rd Lancs he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant

1917 October 22nd he was commissioned to the 9th Lancashire Fusilier

21st March 1918, he was Commissioned to last regiment, the 16th Lancashire Fusiliers.