Lord William Percy
Colonel Lord William Richard Percy KG CBE DSO (17 May 1882 - 8 February 1963) was a British military officer who served in the Grenadier Guards during the First World War.
Percy attended the University of Oxford where he was a member of the Bullingdon Club.[1]
Percy was mentioned in dispatches and appointed Commander of the Royal Order of George I, King of Greece.[2]
References[]
- ^ Trust, National. "The Bullingdon Club in the quadrangle of Christ Church. The Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes, later Captain the Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (1880-1915) is sitting in the second row, two from left and has a flower in his lapel. 889936.9". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Percy, Col Lord William (Richard), (17 May 1882–8 Feb. 1963), late Grenadier Guards". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u48391. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
Categories:
- 1882 births
- 1963 deaths
- Younger sons of dukes
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Commanders of the Order of George I
- Grenadier Guards officers
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British Army personnel stubs