Cecil Clement Victor Green
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: 6th Dragoons (Inniskilling) attached to the 1st Regiment of Life Guards
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 2520
Parents: Elizabeth Sarah Ann and Clement Green
Home address: Reformatory Farm, Kingswood, Bristol
Date of birth: 1889
Place of birth: Horsley, near Stroud
Date of death: 30/10/1914
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site. Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Not commemorated on a local memorial.
Age: 25
Further information:
Cecil was born in Horsley near Stroud, the son of a farm bailiff and a middle child of eight with one sister and six brothers, one of whom died as a toddler.
On 8th October the Life Guards landed in France to fight on the Western Front. They were heavily involved in the First Battle of Ypres (19 Oct 1914 – 30 Nov 1914) during the course of which Cecil lost his life. The result of the battle was indecisive at a cost of 58,000 British casualties. Cecil was initially listed as one of nearly 18,000 missing soldiers and was listed by the Red Cross as a possible Prisoner of War but this was later changed to presumed killed in action. Cecil’s body was never found and the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, where he is remembered, bears the names of more than 54,000 soldiers who died in Belgium and have no known grave.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/cavalry-regiments/the-1st-and-2nd-life-guards/