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Private Percy David Clive
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TitlePrivate Percy David CliveSummaryA soldier in World War One. DescriptionPercy was born in Lincoln on 7 December 1888, son of James and Mary Ann Clive. He was educated at the Prebbleton School, and at the time of enlistment was employed on the railway in Waipara as clerk. He was 5ft 8in tall with a ruddy complexion, brown eyes and dark hair.
Percy enlisted on 25 July 1916 and was assigned to C Company, 19th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 30 September 1916. He embarked from Wellington 15 November 1916, arriving in Devonport 29 January 1917 and marched in to Sling Camp the same day. As usual he also reverted to the ranks on arriving in Sling Camp. He left for France 1 March 1917 and marched in to Base Depot at Etaples two days later. He joined 13th Company, 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment in the field on 25 May. He was sent to hospital on 10th June with what was noted as PUO ie Pyrexia of Unknown Origin, a medical term usually applied to Trench Fever. Trench Fever is a moderately serious disease transmitted by body lice. Almost one quarter of troops on both sides suffered from this at least once. The onset of symptoms is usually sudden with high fever, severe headache, pain on moving the eyeballs, soreness of the muscles of the legs and back, and frequently extreme pain sensitivity of the shins. He was discharged on 18th July and was back at Base Depot at Etaples on 19th July and re-joined his unit on 11th August. He was wounded on 15th October, admitted to No.16 General Hospital on 22 October, then on to Convalescent Depot. He arrived back in Etaples Base Depot on 4th November. He re-joined his unit on 8th December and was later was sent on leave in England on 28 January 1918, re-joining his unit on 15 February. He was wounded in action, suffering multiple gunshot wounds on 14 April. He was taken to 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Doullens but he died there the same day. He was buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery, Somme. In New Zealand Percy is remembered on the Prebbleton War Memorial.
Doullens is a town in the Department of the Somme, approximately 30kms north of Amiens. Doullens was Marshal Foch's headquarters early in the First World War and the scene of the conference in March 1918, after which he assumed command of the Allied armies on the Western Front. From the summer of 1915 to March 1916, Doullens was a junction between the French Tenth Army on the Arras front and the Commonwealth Third Army on the Somme. The citadelle, overlooking the town from the south, was a French military hospital, and the railhead was used by both armies. In March 1916, Commonwealth forces succeeded the French on the Arras front and the 19th Casualty Clearing Station came to Doullens, followed by the 41st, the 35th and the 11th. By the end of 1916, these had given way to the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital (which stayed until June 1918) and the 2/1st Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station. From February 1916 to April 1918, these medical units continued to bury in the French extension (No 1) of the communal cemetery. In March and April 1918 the German advance and the desperate fighting on this front threw a severe strain on the Canadian Stationary Hospital. The extension was filled, and a second extension begun on the opposite side of the communal cemetery. The Communal Cemetery Extension No 1 contains 1,335 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also seven French and 13 German war graves from this period. Second World War burials number 35, more than half of them men of the Queen's Royal West Kents who died 20/21 May 1940. The Communal Cemetery Extension No.2 contains 374 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, and 87 German war graves. The Communal Cemetery itself contains ten Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The extensions were designed by Charles Holden.First NamePercy DavidLast NameCliveFamilySingleSon of James and Mary Ann Clive.Date of Birth7 December 1888Place of BirthLincolnDate of Death14 April 1918Place of DeathSomme, FranceCause of DeathDied of woundsAge at Death29
Percy enlisted on 25 July 1916 and was assigned to C Company, 19th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 30 September 1916. He embarked from Wellington 15 November 1916, arriving in Devonport 29 January 1917 and marched in to Sling Camp the same day. As usual he also reverted to the ranks on arriving in Sling Camp. He left for France 1 March 1917 and marched in to Base Depot at Etaples two days later. He joined 13th Company, 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment in the field on 25 May. He was sent to hospital on 10th June with what was noted as PUO ie Pyrexia of Unknown Origin, a medical term usually applied to Trench Fever. Trench Fever is a moderately serious disease transmitted by body lice. Almost one quarter of troops on both sides suffered from this at least once. The onset of symptoms is usually sudden with high fever, severe headache, pain on moving the eyeballs, soreness of the muscles of the legs and back, and frequently extreme pain sensitivity of the shins. He was discharged on 18th July and was back at Base Depot at Etaples on 19th July and re-joined his unit on 11th August. He was wounded on 15th October, admitted to No.16 General Hospital on 22 October, then on to Convalescent Depot. He arrived back in Etaples Base Depot on 4th November. He re-joined his unit on 8th December and was later was sent on leave in England on 28 January 1918, re-joining his unit on 15 February. He was wounded in action, suffering multiple gunshot wounds on 14 April. He was taken to 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Doullens but he died there the same day. He was buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery, Somme. In New Zealand Percy is remembered on the Prebbleton War Memorial.
Doullens is a town in the Department of the Somme, approximately 30kms north of Amiens. Doullens was Marshal Foch's headquarters early in the First World War and the scene of the conference in March 1918, after which he assumed command of the Allied armies on the Western Front. From the summer of 1915 to March 1916, Doullens was a junction between the French Tenth Army on the Arras front and the Commonwealth Third Army on the Somme. The citadelle, overlooking the town from the south, was a French military hospital, and the railhead was used by both armies. In March 1916, Commonwealth forces succeeded the French on the Arras front and the 19th Casualty Clearing Station came to Doullens, followed by the 41st, the 35th and the 11th. By the end of 1916, these had given way to the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital (which stayed until June 1918) and the 2/1st Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station. From February 1916 to April 1918, these medical units continued to bury in the French extension (No 1) of the communal cemetery. In March and April 1918 the German advance and the desperate fighting on this front threw a severe strain on the Canadian Stationary Hospital. The extension was filled, and a second extension begun on the opposite side of the communal cemetery. The Communal Cemetery Extension No 1 contains 1,335 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also seven French and 13 German war graves from this period. Second World War burials number 35, more than half of them men of the Queen's Royal West Kents who died 20/21 May 1940. The Communal Cemetery Extension No.2 contains 374 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, and 87 German war graves. The Communal Cemetery itself contains ten Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The extensions were designed by Charles Holden.First NamePercy DavidLast NameCliveFamilySingleSon of James and Mary Ann Clive.Date of Birth7 December 1888Place of BirthLincolnDate of Death14 April 1918Place of DeathSomme, FranceCause of DeathDied of woundsAge at Death29
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Memorial or CemeteryDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1Prebbleton War MemorialOccupation before EnlistingRailway ClerkRegiment or ServiceCanterbury Infantry Regiment Enlistment Details25 July 1916Service Number31470Rank Last HeldPrivateEmbarkation15 November 1916Place of EmbarkationWellingtonTransportMaunganuiTahitiNominal Roll45/10CountryNew Zealand
Private Percy David Clive. Selwyn Stories, accessed 10/11/2025, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/448
