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English: Lt-Col. Arthur Jex-Blake Percival (1871–1914), Northumberland Fusiliers, youngest son of John Percival (1834-1918) Bishop of Hereford and Headmaster of Rugby School. He was killed in action during WWI on 31 October 1914 when the Château de Hooge, at Ypres, joint divisional headquarters of the 1st Division and 2nd Division, in which he was serving as General Staff Officer to Major General Monro, Commander of the 2nd Division and later of the 1st Army Corps, was shelled by German forces.
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Source https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205387027 Imperial War Museum, Catalogue number HU 116858 , BOND OF SACRIFICE - FIRST WORLD WAR PORTRAITS COLLECTION
Author Unknown, press cutting from obituary.

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