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Herbert Victor Cantrill
« on: Thursday 05 November 20 18:09 GMT (UK) »
Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for relatives of Pvt Herbert Victor Cantrill - Canadian Army Service Corps - service no:- 2688544 - buried Coventry (Windmill Road) Cemetery -
PVT Cantrill died 11/10/1918

The private memorial marking the grave of Pvt Cantrill no longer provides adequate commemoration. The commission is in the process of producing a headstone to marking his grave.

Herbert Victor Cantrill - Baptism Date 11 Sep 1892 Coventry, St Mark, Warwickshire, England
Parish Coventry, St Mark
Father Henry Cantrill - Mother Annie Cantrill.

FIND A GRAVE

Windmill Road Cemetery Longford, Metropolitan Borough of Coventry, West Midlands.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59667977/herbert-victor-cantrill

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Re: Herbert Victor Cantrill
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 05 November 20 18:13 GMT (UK) »
CANADIAN VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL.
Private Herbert Victor Cantrill - 1 Aug 1892 - Death Date 11 Oct 1918
Cemetery:   COVENTRY (WINDMILL ROAD) CEMETERY  - Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference H. 34. - Force Army - Unit Canadian Army Service Corps
Service Number 2688544

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2751046?Herbert%20Victor%20Cantrill

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Re: Herbert Victor Cantrill
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 05 November 20 18:19 GMT (UK) »
Canadian Attestation Papers - Herbert Victor Cantrill
Next of kin Harry Cantrill - Brother - W O (Warrant Offier) Redcar Yorkshire - Royal Airforce - B.E.F.

A note on page 6 - City of Cairo - 26/9/1818 - broncho pneumonia - died in port 11 October 1918.

page 21 - brother H Cantrill Esq 52 Gabriel Street Honour Oak Park, London S.E.
father - Henry Cantrill - 5 Webster Street Coventry.

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=86723

32 pages - can be slow to load - https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B1473-S076

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Re: Herbert Victor Cantrill
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 05 November 20 18:23 GMT (UK) »
A New York Passenger List - 31 October 1913 Lusitania - Herbert Victor Cantrill - aged 21 years - Liverpool to New York. Draughtsman - Father Mr Cantrill Webster Street Coventry. Going to a friend in Brooklyn - W. Williscroft - 356 Highland Boulevard. Brooklyn.

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Re: Herbert Victor Cantrill
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 05 November 20 18:26 GMT (UK) »
US City Directory 1918 (usually refers to previous year) Herbert V Cantrell - labourer - resides 8 Stockton Place Trenton NJ. This agrees with the address given on Canadian Attestation Papers.

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Re: Herbert Victor Cantrill
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 05 November 20 19:29 GMT (UK) »
Parents Warwickshire marriage - Annie Salina Jephcott - 1869 married aged 20 on 28 September 1899 - Foleshill, St Paul, Warwickshire, England
Parish Foleshill, St Paul - Spouse Henry Cantrch - Father Joseph Jephcott.

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« Reply #6 on: Thursday 05 November 20 19:31 GMT (UK) »
Annie S Cantrill - 1870 died 1912  Jan-Feb-Mar - Age at Death 42 - Registration District Coventry
Inferred County Warwickshire - Volume 6d Page 726

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« Reply #7 on: Thursday 05 November 20 19:32 GMT (UK) »
Henry Cantrill - 1866 - October 1923 (aged 57 years)
Death registered Dec qtr 1923 Coventry RD
Volume 6d - Page 656

died 11 November 1923 - probate 17 July 1931 to Harry Cantrill - 5 Webster Street Coventry - aircraft engineer

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