Percy W Pargiter

Percy William Pargiter served as a private in the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, service number 4860086.

He was the son of Mildred Lilian Pargiter of Kibworth.

He was aged 23 when he was killed on 17th December 1941.

Private Pargiter is buried at Taipan (Kamunting Road) Christian Cemetery, Purak, Malaysia, plot reference F. Row 3. Grave 55.

Report of Private Pargiter’s death from “The Kibworth News” Spring 1942
Private P. W. Pargiter died of wounds sustained in Action in the Middle-East, in or about August 1941. His home was in Weir Road Kibworth Beauchamp, where he and his family came to reside some years ago. He was 23 years of age.