Cyril Henry Rowland FOXWELL
| Unit | Royal Army Vetinerary Corps attached 1/1st Worcestershire Yeomanry, 5th Mounted Brigade, Imperial Mounted Division | ||||||
| Service Number | 10 | ||||||
| Rank | Private | ||||||
| Nature of Death | Killed in action Qatia, Suez Canal Zone, Egypt 23/4/16 | ||||||
| Age | 22 | ||||||
| Burial/Commemoration | Jerusalem Memorial, Israel | ||||||
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Malvern Commemoration
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Holy Trinity, North Malvern | ||||||
| Next of Kin | Second son of Mr Caleb Fozwell of Anglesea House | ||||||
| Education | Worcester Royal Grammar School | ||||||
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Cyril Foxwell enlisted at the outbreak
of war into the Army Vetinerary Corps and was attached to the Worcestershire
Yeomanry. He was killed when Turkish forces surrounded men of the Worcestershire
and Gloucestershire Yeomanry at Qatia who were guarding engineers digging wells.
A large number of yeomen were killed or taken prisoner during this action. His
death was reported to his family in May 1916.
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Malvern News 15/5/16
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