When Percy went to sea is not certain but he would be absent from the 1911 census when his widowed mother and his siblings are residing at 26 Lessingham Avenue in Tooting, west London. Fletcher was married to Mary Meaney  in Wandsworth, London in early 1912.

He had transferred from the Olympic, Titanic’s sister ship and initially signed-on to the Titanic in Belfast on 1 April 1912. After arrival at Southampton on 4 April he signed on again. In the articles of agreement he gave his address as 26 Liscombe Avenue, Upper Sholing, (Southampton). He was paid the same as steward (£3 15s per month) but actually worked as the ship’s Bugler. He had transferred from the Olympic and gave his address as 26 Liscombe Avenue.

Bugle calls were an important feature on ships in the era before public address systems. Dinners on ships were announced by bells but the White Star line introduced a new method: a smartly uniformed bugler who would call passengers to their meals playing the tune, “The Roast Beef of Old England.”  The tune is impossible to play on a valveless horn but certainly a bugle version of it was substituted. Bugle calls were sounded on ships in first class for all meals, and a dress call a half hour before dinner. The first call, usually at 8 A. M., is the usual signal for rising. Calls in second class are by means of a gong, and in third class, a bell. Bugle calls are sounded on company ships in first class for all meals, and a dress call a half hour before dinner. The first call, usually at 8 A. M., is the usual signal for rising. Calls in second class are by means of a gong, and in third class, a bell.

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