REES, Percy
Lieutenant, 5th Battalion
Welsh Regiment

Formerly Royal Field Artillery and The Glamorgan Yeomanry

The above information has been located among cuttings of the Merthyr Express, as below.
I am still trying to find more information.

News:

April 8^th 1922.

Readers will regret to learn of the death on Friday evening at Cardiff of Mr Percy Rees, son of Mrs Rees, 69, Shingrig Road, Nelson. Deceased who was extremely well known in Nelson, was an architect and surveyor, and saw much service during the war. He was ill only a few days.

April 15^th 1922.

As briefly recorded last week, the death occurred the previous Friday at Covenny Street, Cardiff of Mr Percy Rees, 69, Shingrig Road, Nelson, son of the lat Mr William Rees. Percy who was only 38 years old was only ill about four days with pneumonia, and the news of his untimely death came as a great shock to all his relatives and friend. Deceased was a native of Nelson and was extremely well known and well respected. He was married in 1910 to Margaret, Daughter of the late Mr David Rosser, Wellington Hotel, Nelson, and they had two children. He had a splendid record of war service, having joined the Royal Field Artillery on the first day war commenced, and later being gazetted a Lieutenant in the 5^th Welsh, with which Regiment he served overseas.
On demobilisation he accepted an appointment under the Imperial War Graves Commission and spent over two years in connection with this work in Belgium, France and Germany. A few months ago he was appointed Inspector of the Bristol area. Prior to the war, Mr Rees had served many years with The Glamorgan Yeomanry, volunteers and territorials.
The funeral took place on Wednesday at Llanfabon Cemetery.
Principal mourners:
Mrs Rees, wife, Mrs Rees, mother, Mrs Osborne and Doug Osborne, sister and nephew, Mr F Rosser, brother-in-law, Major T H Dowdeswell, Tenby, Colonel and Mrs W Dowdeswell, Porthcawl, uncles and aunts.

[Source: Merthyr Express]

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