Armstrong, Cecil. | Universities at War

Personal details

Name on Memorial:

Armstrong, Cecil.

Forename(s):

Cecil

Surname:

Armstrong

Date of Death:

Thursday, September 21, 1916

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Durham Light Infantry, 12th Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Cecil joined the Durham Light Infantry, 12th Battalion at the rank of Second Lieutenant on 7th August, 1915.

Cecil was killed in action on 21st September 1916 at the Battle of the Somme.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Cecil is buried in the Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery, close to the site of the Somme battlefields.

Memorials

Other Memorials:

Plaque to the fallen at Dilston Road Methodist Church, Arthur's Hill.

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The War Graves Photographic Project

Newcastle University Archives (The University of Durham Roll of Service 1914 – 1919, Durham University Gazette, Vol II, 1912-1929)

North East War Memorials Project

London Gazette

UK Census Records (National Archives, available via Ancestry.co.uk)

WWI Service Records 1914 - 1920 (National Archives, available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton

Amy Shiel

Alan Calendar