Cuthbert Anstey
Memorial: Falfield - St George's Church
Regiment: Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
Medals: 1939–45 Star, France & Germany Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private 1480839
Parents: Herbert George and Edith Anstey
Home address: Falfield, Gloucestershire
Date of birth: 1926
Place of birth: Gloucestershire
Date of death: 01/04/1945
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Plot 61. F. 8)
Age: 19
Further information:
Cuthbert served in the 2nd Battalion, Herefordshire Regt, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Private 14808349 or 1480839 records differ.
Cuthbert’s Battalion crossed the Rhine on 29th March 1945 and fought its way across the Dortmund-Ems canal towards Bremen. It was during this battle that Cuthbert died and was initially buried in Ibbenburen in Germany.
Please note that some sources incorrectly put Cuthbert in 1st Battalion as in 1945 that Battalion was in the Middle East whilst the 2nd was in Europe.
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/
http://www.glosgen.co. uk uk/warmem/falfieldwm.htm
http://www.falfield.org.uk/anstey.html
https://www.shropshireregimentalmuseum.co.uk/regimental-history/shropshire-light-infantry/the-kings-shropshire-light-infantry-1939-1945/