Dr. Arthur
Patrick Percival, whose father and grandfather were doctors at Knottingley
before him, died at his home at Ash Grove, Knottingley, on Sunday, aged
45. He was born at Knottingley, educated at Leeds University, and began
his career at Pontefract General Infirmary.
During the
last war he was a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps and served in
France, Belgium and Germany. After D-Day he helped bring the wounded from
Dunkirk, After the war he took up a general practice at Royston, and ten
years later, took another practice at Wombwell. After three years there,
he returned to Knottingley where he had been in practice for five years.
He is a
former Rotarian, and a former member of the West Riding Sailing Club,
Winterset. His father Dr. A.P. Percival, was in practice at Knottingley
for twenty years and his grandfather, Dr. T. Percival, for thirty years.
A funeral
service is to take place at Christ Church, Knottingley, tomorrow
(Thursday) prior to interment at Knottingley Cemetery. Dr. Percival leaves
a widow and two sons.
