St Stephens by Saltash War Memorial
MOORSHEAD Cyril V.G
Cyril Victor G MOORSHEAD was the son of John & Emma MOORSHEAD. He was
born at, Lydford, Devon, his birth being registered in the June Q of
1887, (Tavistock Registration District).
1891 census aged 3 living with parents & siblings at Tavistock Road,
Lydford, Devon.
1901 census aged 13 living with his widowed mother & siblings at 55,
Fore Street, Saltash.
Cyril’s father John MOORSHEAD, a Prison Officer at Dartmoor Prison had
died aged 49 in the December Q of 1894 when Cyril was 7 years old.
1911 census aged 23 living with his mother Emma at 2 Church Park,
Saltash. Occupation given as general labourer.
WW1 Army Record:
Name: Cyril Victor MOORSHEAD
Regiment, Corps: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 12th Battalion
(31959)
Battalion etc: Transferred to (93887) 157th Coy., Labour Corps
Rank: Private
Service Number: 93887
Enlisted: Saltash, Cornwall
Date Died: 28 March 1918 - Age 31
How Died: Died
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Cemetery: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
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