Private Cyril Henry Rowland Foxwell (10)

Army Veterinary Corps attached 1/1st Worcestershire Yeomanry, 5th Mounted Brigade, Imperial Mounted Division

Malvern Commemoration: Holy Trinity North Malvern,

Burial/Commemoration: Jerusalem Memorial Israel

Nature of Death: Killed in action Qatia, Suez Canal Zone, Egypt 23/4/1916

Age: 22

Next of Kin: Second son of Mr Caleb Fozwell of Anglesea House

Education: Worcester Royal Grammar School

Capbadge of the Army Veterinary Corps

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.

Malvern News 15/5/16

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