Basic Details
Surname
Crick
Forenames
Cyril George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Springfields, Thorpe Road. It inaccurately records his rank as 2nd Lieutenant.

(CWGC records that Lieutenant Cyril George Crick of the Huntingdon Cyclist Battalion, attached to the 2nd/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, died aged 20 on 27/8/1917, and is commemorated on Panel 154 at Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. They record him as the son of George A.S. & Jessie Crick of Springfield, Thorpe Road, Peterborough. Cyril is also recorded as a Lieutenant of the Huntingdon Cyclist Battalion in Soldiers Died in the Great War, and in the Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects. His promotion to Lieutenant in the Cyclist Battalion, with effect from 25/8/1916, was posthumously published in the London Gazette on 21/9/1917; Supplement 30297; page 9815).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Worcesters
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
2/Lt
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
St Julien
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
August
Day of death
27
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action in the Third Battle of Ypres at St Julien
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
SPRINGFIELDS, THORPE ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial