Memorial Cross, Memorial Cross GR V
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20090011-001
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1919
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1919/01/01
- Latest 1919/12/31
- Inscription (back of medal/verso de la médaille) 805204 / PTE. P. H. WERRY / STERLING (front/devant) GRI
- Materials Silver
- Rank Private
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Unit 75th Canadian Infantry BattalionCentral Ontario Regiment
- Person / Institution Subject, Werry, Private Percy Howard
- Measurements Height 38.0 cm, Width 3.0 cm, Depth 0.8 cm
- Caption Medals Project- Werry, Percy
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Additional Information
Percy Werry was born in Darlington Township, Ontario, on 31 January 1890.
A farmer, Werry enlisted in the 136th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Durham) in Bowmanville, Ontario, on 3 January 1916. After initial training in Canada, he and his unit sailed to England on SS Corsican on 25 September 1916. The battalion disembarked in Liverpool on 6 October 1916. Upon arrival in England, it provided reinforcements to Canadian units already in the field. As a result, Werry was transferred to the 75th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Mississauga).
Werry was killed in action in France on 9 April 1917, during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, and his body was lost.
Percy Werry is commemorated on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, on Vimy Ridge, in France.