Stanford Rivers – Percy Fincham [19437]

Percy Fincham

[19437] Private in the 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
He enlisted at Ongar. He was killed on 8 July 1916 and has no known grave.
He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

His name also appears on the High Ongar War Memorial,
where his rank is shown as Lance Corporal.

He was born on 15 May 1895 in Stanford Rivers, the son of Arthur and Emily Fincham.

In the 1911 Census, the family were living in High Ongar and Percy’s occupation
was recorded as a bricklayer’s apprentice.