PRICE Cecil Oliver Eachus

  • First Name(s):
    Cecil 
    Oliver 
    Eachus 
  • Surname:
    PRICE
  • Service Number:
    467245
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Canadian Expeditionary Force
  • Regiment:
    Saskatchewan Regiment
  • Battalion:
    5th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    28th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Vimy Memorial, France.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Charles Frederick and Alice Jane Price, of Field View, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England

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PRICE Cecil Oliver Eachus Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial
Stoke Prior St Michael’s Church
Stoke Prior St Michael’s Church Price Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial with the information: Private.

Further Information About PRICE Cecil Oliver Eachus

Cecil Price attended Bromsgrove School from 1906 to 1908.

Source: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen and Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by David Cross.

Cecil Price enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 15th September 1915 at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. On his attestation form he gave his date of birth as 21st January 1893 in Birmingham, England, his occupation as Mounted Police and his next of kin as Alice J. Price, c/o C.F. Price, 1 Waterloo St., Birmingham, England. Cecil was 5 feet 8½ inches tall with a dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair.

National Archives of Canada Reference: RG150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7972 – 15.

The Canada War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) record the following information on Cecil Price:
“Killed in Action”
Whilst taking part in the attack North of Arleux-en-Gohelle, he was hit in the head and instantly killed by enemy machine gun bullet.

Cecil Price has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Vimy Memorial.

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Credits: Stoke Prior St Michael's Church. Stoke Prior St Michael's Church Price Memorial.