- First Name(s):JohnSydney
- Surname:CULL
- Service Number:47558
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Cavalry
- Corps:Machine Gun Corps
- Regiment:Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)
- Unit:Formerly Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry).
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:25th October 1918
- Age At Death:27
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Tehran Memorial, Iran, Panel 5. Column 1.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of John Ernest and Ruth Sylvester Cull, of The Sumacs, Badsey; husband of Maude Marion Cull, 4 White City Estate, Broadway, Hereford and Worcester
CULL John Sydney Is Named On These Memorials
Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above
Badsey St James’s Church as John Sydney Cull with the information: L. Cpl. M.G.C.
Badsey Council School as John Cull.
Broadway War Memorial as Jack Cull.
Broadway St Michael and All Angels Church as Jack Cull.
Further Information About CULL John Sydney
Formerly a chorister at Badesy Church.
Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral under Badsey casualties.
John Cull was born on 2nd November 1890, the son of John Culll. He attended Badsey Council School from 5th September 1893 and again from 5th April 1897 until 22nd September 1903. In December 1918 the parish magazine reported that his father had received a telegram on 11th November as the bells were celebrating the armistice, informing him that his son had died of influenza on 25th October at Busra, on the Tigris. Private Cull enlisted in August 1914 but was rejected on medical grounds. Two months later he was passed as ‘fit’ and enlisted in the Worcester Yeomanry. Following a machine gun course he was posted to Mesopotamia as a mounted machine gunner. A letter from Private Cull received on 9th October stated that despite fatal cases of Influenza, he was in the best of health. A memorial service took place on 19th December having been postponed on 22nd November due to the vicar being ill. In the April 1919 edition of the magazine it was reported that Private Cull’s wife had received a letter of sympathy from one of Corporal Cull’s officers of which a short extract was printed:
“I have found your husband the most willing and obliging man I have ever met. I can honestly say that he was the best man I had under my command. We have been together under fire, and he displayed a coolness and courage any man might envy. He was most popular amongst all ranks and his loss is keenly felt amongst both officers and men.”
Source for additional information:
http://www.badseysociety.uk/world-war-one/war-memorial-badsey-church