BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM BUXTON AND ANNIE ELIZABETH WINTER, OF, 21, WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, ANN AND FLORENCE. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 98 LBS WEIGHT, 32 INCH CHEST AND OF ‘POOR’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, PASSED FIT FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 08/08/1917. ARRIVED FRANCE 04/04/1918. POSTED TO THE 22ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, 27/05/1918, AGED 18. COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING IN FRANCE.
First name:
CYRIL
Military Number:
85092
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/05/1918
Place died:
Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Age:
18
21, WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
