| Other Info | Percy Roger Whalley was born in 1881 at South Hook Fort, Herbrandston, Pembrokeshire, son of Major Percy Charles Whalley of the Royal Artillery (South Hook Fort). His mother Florence Mabel Whalley who was born in Tasmania, sadly died at the young age of 38 when Percy Roger Whalley was only 7 years old. Percy had 3 younger sisters, Barbara, Pamela and Cynthia (who was born the year the mother died).
Percy Roger Whalley was educated at Kelly College, Tavistock and at the Royal Military College and was commissioned to the Unattached List as a 2nd Lieutenant on the 8th January 1901. On the 26th April 1902 he was seconded for service to the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment in South Africa and promoted to rank of Lieutenant. He was awarded the Queen's Medal with 5 clasps.
He served during the Second Boer War with the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment in operations in the Transvaal in May 1901, and in the Orange Free State, from May 1901 to May 1902. He served as a Railway Staff Officer from 26th November to 21st December 1901, and advanced to the rank of Lieutenant in April 1902. He finally left South Africa in September 1904 with the 2nd Battalion, and continued to serve with them in India.
He was promotted to Captain in March 1909, and served with the 5th (Militia) Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. He was appointed Adjutant of the 1/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment in April 1914, and was serving in that capacity at the outbreak of the 1914-18 War. He served with the 1/8th Battalion in the French theatre of war from April 1915. |
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