In Memory Of

CRUICKSHANK, ERNEST ALEC WATSON

Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1897-08-21
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
48th Bty.
Regiment:
Royal Field Artillery
Date of Death:
1918-08-21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in Battle of Albert. Capture of Moyblain Trench (North of Ablainzevelle) by the 2nd Division.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
V. C. 5.
Cemetery:
ST. AMAND BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Alexander and Janet Nicholson Cruickshank, of Durban, South Africa. Served from 1914 until 1918. Commemoration stone in Durban (Overport) (Old St. Thomas) Cemetery