Private 3369 Thomas E Rufford Cundill
(c) Prescot Reporter.
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 28/06/1915
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 7th of July 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Prescot, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 37.
Family details:
Address at enlistment: 51 Moss Street, Prescot, Lancs. Thomas's mother Maria had been married three times. Cundill, Manton (??????) He also has a full(?) sister Charlotte Gutheridge, 102 Gladstone Street, St Helens.
Census details:
1901 - 7 years old Thomas Edgar Rufford Cundill is living at St Michaels Road, Ditton with parents Thomas (44) and Maria Cundill (46). 1911 - Sees 17 years old 'Cable Works Labourer - Telephone Dept' Thomas E. R. living at 51 Moss Street, Prescot with parents Thomas Cundill (55) and Maria Cundill (60).
Notes:
[note=163]Two Cundill brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Served under the ALIAS Thomas Rufford.
[note=163]Two Cundill brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Served under the ALIAS Thomas Rufford.
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/SLR_Privates_Menin_Gate_1.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial bearing the
inscription for Private Thomas Rufford
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
