Percy Robert's Story.
Birkenhead News 14 February 1917Killed by a Shell.
Tranmere Parents’ Sorrow.
News has been received that Percy R. Lytle, of the R.G.A., the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lytle, of “Ashleigh House”, 56, Victoria Road, died in France on the 2nd. Inst., as the result of a shell wound in the left side, received on the previous day. He had been at the front for 15 months, and was expected home on leave at the time of his death. The chaplain writes :- “We buried him with all the honour given to gallant soldiers. The command was given and all stood to the salute. It was a last tribute to a noble son.” One of the late soldier’s comrades writes from France :- “If anyone out here served his King and country well, Percy was that man – really I should say boy. He was universally liked in the battery, and was one of the best and most cheery workers in all circumstances.” Gunner Lytle was buried in a military cemetery in Belgium.
Percy's grave at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium
