BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY CRANSWICK (1868-1941) & LOUISA HOLMES (1868-1933), AT 65, PARK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF THREE BROTHERS. SON OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELER. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE. EMPLOYED AS A SHIPPING CLERK.
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, C/12407, 21ST KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/09/1916, AGED 23. BURIED AT THE SOMME. HE LEFT £114 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER WILLIAM, AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARYS CHURCH MEMORIAL, LOWGATE, ST MARY’S CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE & HULL’S HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIALS.
First name:
CECIL AUBREY
Military Number:
C/12407
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/09/1916
Place died:
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France
Age:
23
