Mr. Percy Northcote
RAMC member | Voluntary Aid Detachment-7412.5.1895
Biography
Percy Northole is the 3rd infant from Lucy and Howard Northcote, a married couple from Bolton. The little Percy was raised with his two sisters and his brother mostly by their aunt and uncle, Miss Effie Bailey (from her wedding with Gordon Bailey in 1880). Parents of Percy Northole were mostly working together in the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, creating a distance between them and their children. Nonetheless, Percy Northole saw them every time they could come to Bolton visit their children and Miss Effie, creating a greater relationship.
Percy Northole childhood was a rather calm one at first. Raised in a calm neighborhood and educated well enough before entering in school, Percy Northole seemed that he could live the rather quiet middle-class life in the United Kingdom.
Entering school at the age of 5 in the local school, Percy was one of the rather quiet but good pupils. Learning at a good speed with however some problems in mathematics and English.
Having hobbies and a learning correctly at school, Percy was however disturbed by continuous fighting at home between his uncle and his aunt. Slowly affecting his mental, Percy leaved school at the age of 13 with some troubles to be able to see a greater life ahead.
After troubles, Percy Northole had to study to work in healthcare. Percy had to move to Liverpool at the age of 15 to work at the David Lewis Northern Hospital.
With the Great war looming on, Percy Northole was on the brink of making his military service. The outbreak of the war putted him on a period of great stress. As to escape the trenches and to express his pro-peace opinion, Percy enlisted in the Royal Army Military Corps in 1914. His service in the RAMC was then affected to the front in France in 1914 alongside 5000 other men. This made his attempts to not go near the trenches fail. Serving for a year, Percy Northole was rapatriated in december 1915 to Liverpool, having experienced an intense traumatism from the war.
After a brief moment of rest at the David Lewis Northern Hospital, Percy Northole was recalled to serve this time on the HMHS Letitia for only a few voyages before being called by the Admiralty to serve on the HMHS Aquitania during the Dardanelles campaign in 1916.
In october 1916, Percy Northole was called to serve on the Britannic as a healthcare worker. Preparing himself for yet another medical voyage aboard a projected ocean-liner, Percy Northole tries to breathe calmly as he fear everyday to see the terrors of war.
Percy Northole childhood was a rather calm one at first. Raised in a calm neighborhood and educated well enough before entering in school, Percy Northole seemed that he could live the rather quiet middle-class life in the United Kingdom.
Entering school at the age of 5 in the local school, Percy was one of the rather quiet but good pupils. Learning at a good speed with however some problems in mathematics and English.
Having hobbies and a learning correctly at school, Percy was however disturbed by continuous fighting at home between his uncle and his aunt. Slowly affecting his mental, Percy leaved school at the age of 13 with some troubles to be able to see a greater life ahead.
After troubles, Percy Northole had to study to work in healthcare. Percy had to move to Liverpool at the age of 15 to work at the David Lewis Northern Hospital.
With the Great war looming on, Percy Northole was on the brink of making his military service. The outbreak of the war putted him on a period of great stress. As to escape the trenches and to express his pro-peace opinion, Percy enlisted in the Royal Army Military Corps in 1914. His service in the RAMC was then affected to the front in France in 1914 alongside 5000 other men. This made his attempts to not go near the trenches fail. Serving for a year, Percy Northole was rapatriated in december 1915 to Liverpool, having experienced an intense traumatism from the war.
After a brief moment of rest at the David Lewis Northern Hospital, Percy Northole was recalled to serve this time on the HMHS Letitia for only a few voyages before being called by the Admiralty to serve on the HMHS Aquitania during the Dardanelles campaign in 1916.
In october 1916, Percy Northole was called to serve on the Britannic as a healthcare worker. Preparing himself for yet another medical voyage aboard a projected ocean-liner, Percy Northole tries to breathe calmly as he fear everyday to see the terrors of war.