Cyril Archibald – Adey – Great Western Railway – Private – 13/10/1915

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Title

Cyril Archibald – Adey – Great Western Railway – Private – 13/10/1915

Initials / forenames

Cyril Archibald

Surname

Adey

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

South Staffordshire Regiment, 1st/6th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

2390

Railway department

Locomotive and Carriage Department, Oxley.

Railway job

Engine Cleaner

Date died

13/10/1915

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine February 1916, p48. Photo: April 1916, p98

Memorial

Loos Memorial

Notes

Aged 19, son of Edwin and Annie Adey of 43 Old Hill, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton. Adey was in the GWR Company's service for 2 years. He joined the Army in August 1914.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway), Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

21/06/2017

Last updated

21/06/2017

Citation

“Cyril Archibald – Adey – Great Western Railway – Private – 13/10/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 4, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/62619.