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Cecil Hubert Cray Cattell

Private

Service No. 1026

Age 16

Died on 14 May 1915

Essex Yeomanry

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Son of Henry Richard Trist Cattell and Maude Elise Cray Cattell, of "Shencliffe," 19, Leighton Avenue, Leigh-on-Sea.

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I wish I had known you and had a chance to thank you for everything you gave to us who survive you.

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John Baker

We give thanks to Cecil and every soul who perished in the violence of the First World War. lest we forget.

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Dan Mas

We will remember them. Today, Tomorrow, Forever.

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Cecil was killed on the 14th May 1915, aged 16, fighting for the 'B' Squadron. In a letter received by Cecil's parents, Henry Richard Trist ...

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Cecil was born on 23rd December 1898 in West Ham. He has the distinction of being the youngest old boy of the Technical School and the young...

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