Private Cyril Frank Cowling, Service Number 4110

Private Cyril Frank Cowling, Service Number 4110

PWO Civil Service Rifles, London Regiment

Died 15th September 1916, aged 24

Son of John and the late Agnes Mary Cowling, 68 Panton Street, Cambridge

Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier 3, Face C

He had moved forward to an old German trench and was signalling back to HQ when he was hit in the neck by shrapnel which proved fatal. He was a native of Sawston.