Percy Stacey

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Percy Stacey was born in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 28 Feb 1898 the son of Ernest Alfred Stacey and Susan Mary Stacey (nee Lambert).  He lived all his life, apart from Military Service, in Enmore Green.   He enlisted and joined the 6th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 18977).  He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers (Service No. 53028).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  The 1921 Census shows him living with his parents in Enmore Gree working as a Hairdresser on his own account. He married Fanny Buckell at Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 4 Aug 1924.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at The Stores, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, described as a Grocer and Hairdresser.   His death was recorded at the Sturminster, Dorset, Registry in 1970 and he was buried at St' John's Church, Enmore Green, on 15 Jul 1970.