South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War in Which Died | Campaign Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France & Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Beaurains Road Cemetery |
| First Arrived in Theatre | Bravery & Conduct Medals | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| May 1916 in France | ~ | Over Whitacre War Memorial |
| Shustoke War Memorial | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Died | Date and Place Enlisted | Warwickshire RHA, Warwick |
| Battle of Arras | July 1915 in Leamington Spa | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
| Tilloy | ~ | |
Circumstances of Death
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Cyril is listed as being killed in action on 9 Apr 1917. The 15th Brigade War Diary entry for that day is transcribed below. 15th Bde HQ at H.31.c.15.10 – 9.4.17: Rain falling heavily at zero hour. Batteries shot according to programme. 460 Battery were heavily and consistently shelled and has a number of casualties, also B Battery, Warwick [including George]. At 10.30am the railway bridge beside 460 Battery was blown up, burying in it full 3 howitzers. The flairing of charges piled under the bridge, which has been set on fire, gave sufficient warning for HQ & the Battery to clear. HQ moved into a tunnel a few yards away. 2nd Lt Billing of 460 Battery was Brigade F.O.O; Major Thorneycroft and a party went forward to Houlette Works iin H.31.B & both got messages back to the Brigade reporting on the situation. The Brigade was ordered to move forward about 5pm. Positions were reconnoitered by Col Sherbrooke who proceeded down Battery Valley. Subsequently the Brigade was ordered to go down the Cambrai Road. Positions about H.31.b.1.1. were taken up at 3am with orders to support attack on Brown Line at 6am. Casualties this day: Lt. W.J. Nowell - 460 Battery; 2Lt P.B. Duckworth - Warwick RHA; 2Lt G.A. Nicholls – Warwick; Corpl Edmunds G.E; 614325 Bdr Eaton J; 614035 A/Bdr Cope F.O; 614550 Gnr Bain D; 614339 Gnr DeHeriz C.R; 614034 Gnr Coldicott F.W; Gnr Peterkin J.W. all of Warwick R.H.A killed. No 614021 Staff Sgt Winyard subsequently died of wounds. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 1886 in The Vicarage, High Ercall, Salop | 30 Aug 1885 at High Ercall St. Michael |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Rev. Lionel Forbes Vane Smith & Hannah Maria de Heriz | Lionel and Hannah died in 1901 & 1906 in Nether Whitacre |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1886 - The Vicarage, High Ercall, Salop | 1891 - School age |
| 1891 - Church End, Nether Whitacre | 1901 - Scholar? |
| 1901 - Church End, Nether Whitacre | 1911 - Ledger Clerk |
| 1911 - The Nutlands, Over Whitacre | |
| 1916 - The Nutlands, Over Whitacre | |
Cyril's father, Lionel, was a Vicar at Nether Whitacre Church before his death in 1901
