British Army Veterinary Corps
Percival THEXTON
Captain
Died 20 November 1918 · Aged 33
His story
Captain Percival Thexton MRCVS was born in Preston, Lancashire, on the 4 July 1885, the third son of Thomas Thexton of Lea Hall, Preston.
He qualified as a veterinary surgeon at Liverpool in July 1906 and practised in partnership with Mr Schofield of Pontefract. He enlisted in 1917, sailed for Mesopotamia that June and served with the 8th Mobile Veterinary Section.
He was on his way home from Mesopotamia when he was struck with influenza and died at the Military Hospital, St Germaine, Paris.
Captain Thexton’s death notice appeared in The Veterinary record dated December 1918.
Photographs and documents
Before the war
- Nationality
- British
- Date of Birth
- 4 July 1885
- Place of Birth
- Preston, Lancashire , England
- Veterinary College and Date of Graduation
- Liverpool - July 1906
Military service
- Last Rank
- Captain
- Regiment/Service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Secondary Regiment
- 8th Mobile Veterinary Section
- First Theatre of War
- Mesopotamia June 1917
Medals and commemoration
- Name on RCVS Honour Board
- Yes
- Name In Officers who died in Great War
- Yes
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal 1914-1918; Victory Medal
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 20 November 1918
- Age at Death
- 33
- Place of Death
- St Germain-au-Mont-d’Or, near Lyon, France
- Cause of Death
- Influenza
- Cemetery
- St. Germain-Au-Mont-D'or Communal Cemetery Extension
- Location
- St Germain-au-Mont-d’Or, Rhône, France
- Grave Reference
- B.61
- Commonwealth War Grave
- Yes - CWGC Headstone
- Emblem or Badge on Headstone
- British Army Veterinary Corps
Connected men
- Herbert NEALAlso buried at St. Germain-Au-Mont-D'or Communal Cemetery Extension
Sources and further reading
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Percival Thexton”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/percival_thexton/.
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