Cecil William Halfacre

In memoriam

HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE

Second Lieutenant Cecil William Halfacre, Died of Wounds received in action on the 19th.October 1916, Aged 21, while serving with the 7th.Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment, attached to the Trench Mortar Battery. Cecil had originally served as Lance Serjeant 16947 in the Gloucestershire Regiment before being Commissioned to 2/Lieut. in the Berkshires on the 2nd.April 1916. The official War Diary entry for the Battalion on the 19th.October reported 'Later enemy shelled PITON DES ZOUAVES during the morning. Companies worked on winter quarters and new line. 2-Lieut.C.W. HALFACRE died of wounds - 5 Other Ranks killed - 1 Other Rank wounded in accident while attached to 75th Trench Mortar Battery. Son of Mrs. V. H. N. Reed (formerly Halfacre), of Holyport, Maidenhead, and the late William George Halfacre. Cecil's mother applied for his medals (1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals), on the 13-9-1921 and later would have received a Bronze Memorial Plaque. At this time she was living at Gays Cottage, Holyport, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Cecil was originally buried in Janes Military Cemetery, a few miles to the north of Sarigol, exhumed and reburied in Sarigol Cemetery sometime during 1921-22.

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