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Cyril John Fawcett


Cyril John Fawcett


CWGC:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 17th Battalion

No: 2990

Date of Death: 1st July 1916

Age: 21

Buried: Serre Road Cemetery No. 2

Additional Information: Son of John and Georgiana Fawcett, 177 Meadowpark Street, Dennistoun


SNWM:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 17th Battalion

No: 2990

Place of Birth: Manchester

Date of Death: 1st July 1916

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

SDGW:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 17th (Service) Battalion (3rd Glasgow)

No: 2990

Place of Birth: Manchester

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 1st July 1916

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


MIC:

Cyril J. Fawcett, Private, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 2990. Killed in Action

Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals


Soldiers’ Effects:

Cyril John Fawcett, Private, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 2990. Killed in Action 1st July 1916.

Father/Sole legatee John.


Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Private Cyril Fawcett, Highland Light Infantry, 177 Meadowpark Street, Dennistoun.


Glasgow Herald, 12th July 1916, ‘Deaths on Service’

Fawcett. Killed in action on 1st July, Private Cyril John Fawcett, Highland Light Infantry, aged 21, younger son of Mr. John Fawcett, 177 Meadowpark Street, Dennistoun.


1901 Census, Living at 16 Queen’s Crescent, Cathcart

Father John Fawcett, age 39, Commercial Traveller, Steel, born England

Mother Georgiana Fawcett, age 40, born England

Children: Frederic W. Fawcett, age 10, Scholar, born England

Cyril J. Fawcett, age 6, Scholar, England