BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM BUXTON AND ANNIE ELIZABETH WINTER, THIS ADDRESS. HE HAD TWO SISTERS ANN AND FLORENCE. AN OIL MILLER. ENLISTED HULL, 08/08/1917. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 98 LBS WEIGHT, 32 INCH CHEST AND OF ‘POOR’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, PASSED FIT FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE. 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
