William Percy Norman

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William Percy Norman was born in Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, on 16th February 1889, and baptised there at St. John the Baptist Church on 24th February 1889. He was the son of William Norman and Louisa Elizabeth Norman (nee Trowbridge).  He spent all his early life in and around Donhead St. Mary.  He enlisted on 5th August 1915 and joined the Royal Army Service Corps (Service Nos. DM2/112692 and S4/143706).   He served in Salonica and the Mediterranean Theatre of War where, in due time, he rose to the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 and held the position of Acting Staff Sergeant Major.  He was discharged on 28th March 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals.  

He had married Eva Theresa Rose Broomfield at Ludwell on 22nd November 1915 and they went on to have at least one child.  By the 1939 Register he was living at 13 Lower Hill Road, Epsom, Surrey, and described as a Head Teacher.  His death was registered at the Christchurch, Hampshire, District Registry in 1964.  

Eva's brothers, Frederick John Robert Broomfield and Edward William Broomfield were both killed in the conflict whilst four other brothers served and survived: Arthur, Ernest, Harry and Walter James Broomfield.