ALCOCK Cecil John

  • First Name(s):
    Cecil 
    John 
  • Surname:
    ALCOCK
  • Service Number:
    PS2409
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Fusiliers
  • Battalion:
    23rd Battalion
  • Unit:
    C Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 8C 9A and 16A.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Joseph and Mary Alcock, 290 Wylds Lane, Worcester

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ALCOCK Cecil John Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Guildhall
Worcester Royal Grammar School
Worcester St Matthew’s Church

Further Information About ALCOCK Cecil John

The birth of Cecil John Alcock is registered in the September Quarter 1889 under the Birmingham Registration District.

1901 Census
36 Nelson Road, Worcester
Joseph Alcock, head, age 42, Relieving Officer, born Great Budge, Staffordshire
Mary Jane Alcock, wife, age 40, Born Birmingham, Warwickshire
Oscar F.J. Alcock, son, age 12, Schoolchildren, born Lichfield, Staffordshire
Cecil J. Alcock, son, age 11, Schoolchildren, born Birmingham, Warwickshire
Mabel M. Alcock, daughter, age 8, Schoolchildren, born Birmingham, Warwickshire
Hilda M. Alcock, age 5, daughter, Schoolchildren, born Birmingham, Warwickshire

Cecil Alcock attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1902 to 1905. He was a talented pianist and was awarded a language prize at the school for his German. He spent some time in Germany prior to the war in order to improve his fluency in the language.

Source for Worcester Royal Grammar School information: In Dedication to a Future World By Mark Rogers, 1999.

Cecil Alcock was born on 22nd August 1889, he enlisted on 14th November 1915.

A photograph of Lance Corporal C.J. Alcock can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 26th August 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Cecil Alcock has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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