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CECIL AUBREY CRANSWICK
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 AND TIMBER MERCHANT.
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 HYMER COLLEGE MEMORIALS.
Longueval 80360
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