Daniel Percival Ratcliffe

1886 - 1918  (31 years)

• Name	Daniel Percival Ratcliffe
  Birth	Between Oct 1886 and Dec 1886	Oldham, Lancashire, England   [1]
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Oldham, Lancashire, England   [2]
  	Age: 4y
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Oldham, Lancashire, England   [3]
  	Age: 14y
  	Address: 43 Lord Street
  Enlisted	16 Nov 1915	London, England   [4]
  	Age: 29y
  	Address: 17 Russell Street, Covent Garden
  	Brewer's Labourer
  Rank	From 1916 to 1918  [4, 5]
  	Private
  Regiment	Abt 1916  [4, 5]
  	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
  	No. 45640 Medal card lists 2 regiments Royal Welsh Fusiliers is first then Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment 2nd Private in both
  Service No.	1916  [4, 5]
  	45640
  	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
  Medal	31 Oct 1916  [4, 6, 7]
  	Military Medal
  	Note that his Medal Record Card doesn't list his Military Medal
  Regiment	1918  [4, 5]
  	Sherwood Forresters (Notts & Derbyshire)
  	No. 74172 Medal card lists 2 regiments Royal Welsh Fusiliers is first then Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment 2nd Private in both
  Service No.	1918  [4, 5]
  	74172
  	Sherwood Foresters -Notts & Derbyshire
  Reference Number	BR 0142a
  Death	7 Jun 1918	France   [3, 8, 9]
  	Age: 32y
  	Note that mother's name on CGWC entry is wrong, should be Lucy not Gertrude. Fact Flags: Preferred
  Person ID	I374	Simpson
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Jonah Ratcliffe,   b. Between Apr 1857 and Jun 1857, Glossop, Derbyshire, England d. Between Apr 1918 and Jun 1918, Oldham, Lancashire, England (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Lucy Emily Green,   b. Between Apr 1855 and Jun 1855, Penistone, Yorkshire, England d. Between Jan 1894 and Mar 1894, Oldham, Lancashire, England (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	15 Jul 1878	Audenshaw, Lancashire, England   [10, 11]
  	Address: St Stephen's Church
  	He is a painter, she is a servant. Both of 'Full Age'
  Family ID	F103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Winifred Beatrice Williams,   b. Between Jan 1882 and Mar 1882, Bolton, Lancashire, England
  Marriage	6 Jan 1916	Southwark, London, England   [4, 12]
  	Address: 12 Russell Street, Covent Garden
  Family ID	F233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between Oct 1886 and Dec 1886 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Census - Age: 4y - 5 Apr 1891 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Census - Age: 14y,Address: 43 Lord Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Enlisted - Age: 29y,Address: 17 Russell Street, Covent Garden - 16 Nov 1915 - London, England Marriage - Address: 12 Russell Street, Covent Garden - 6 Jan 1916 - Southwark, London, England Death - Age: 32y - 7 Jun 1918 - France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Photo - Ratcliffe, Daniel P This photo was taken just after the four people shown were awarded the Military Medal. The four soldiers are: No. 45640 PTE Daniel Percival Radcliffe (sic) No. 45659 PTE Thomas Clark No. 45613 PTE Samuel Robinson No. 28652 PTE James Pooler Unfortunately the only identified person is Samuel Robinson who is second gfrom the right. Photo courtesy…

  
  

• Notes

  On his entry in the CWGC his mother is given as Gertrude and not Lucy! Wounded 17/10/1916 Awarded Military Medal 18/10/1916 Suffered from Syphilis whilst serving in France, Nov 1917 Died of wounds 8/6/1918

  
  

• Sources

  [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 25 Nov 2016, 1886 OND Oldham 8D 591. GRO Checked [S69] 1891 Census - RG 12/3299 F126 P25 - Ratcliffe, Jonas, 1 Jan 1980. [S71] 1901 Census - RG 13/3806 F035 P12 - Lomas - Ratcliffe, 1 Jan 1980. [S1004] Military Record - Ratcliffe, Daniel Percival, 14 Aug 2011. [S1003] Medal Card - Ratcliffe, Daniel Percival, 14 Aug 2011. [S386] Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Ratcliffe, Daniel P, 14 Aug 2011. [S3482] Military Medal - Ratcliffe, Daniel Percival, 1 Jan 2020. [S386] Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Ratcliffe, Daniel P, 1 Jan 1980. [S1004] Military Record - Ratcliffe, Daniel Percival, 1 Jan 1980. [S1869] Marriage Cert - Ratcliffe, Jonah - Green, Lucy, 15 Feb 2017. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 15 Feb 2017, 1878 JAS Ashton 8D 614. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 14 Aug 2011, JFM 1916 Southwark 1d 233.