Richard Cantrill

In memoriam

Private. R. CANTRILL Service Number: 20686 King's Shropshire Light Infantry 8th Bn. Died 30 September 1918 Buried or commemorated at: MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA Grave No. 406. Greece Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder Country of Service: United Kingdom (No listed NoK, No epitaph on the gravestone). https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/340562/r-cantrill/ The son of a Farmer, Thomas CANTRELL 1862 - 1909 = Rose Annie JOHNSON 1864 - 1931 both of Dirty Gutter Farm, Bradnop. Richard is also commemorated at the war memorial to WW1 inside the Bradnop village hall. 1901: Dirty Gutter farm, Bradnop: Thomas Cantrell Head M M 1863 Bradnop, Staffordshire - Farmer Rose A. Cantrell Wife F M 37 Bradnop, Staffordshire George CantrellSonM13Bradnop, Staffordshire - Schoolboy Roland CantrellSonM11Bradnop, Staffordshire - Schoolboy Hannah CantrellDaughterF8Onecote, Staffordshire - Schoolgirl Richard CantrellSonM5Bradnop, Staffordshire - Schoolboy Father dies in 1909 at Dirty Gutter Fm. Bradnop. in 1911 his mother Rose is still there as a Widow, (farming with x6 of Richard's siblings) 1911 New House, Onecote John William Chapman Head M. Un. 1850 Onecote, Staffordshire - Farmer Rachel Chapman Sister F Un. 57 1854 Onecote, Staffordshire - Housekeeper Richard Cantrill Servant 15 S 1896 Bradnop, Staffordshire - Cowman ''On September 30, 1918, the 8th Battalion of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) would likely have been stationed in Macedonia, Greece, as part of the British forces fighting against the Bulgarian army during the final stages of World War I, specifically in the area around the town of Doiran where they participated in a significant battle against Bulgarian forces.'' https://www.soldiersofshropshire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/8%EF%80%A2KLSI-1914-1918-.pdf

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