Name
Caudwell Thord Cauldwell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/11/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
16th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MOEUVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
III. B. 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Caldicott School Memorial, Hitchin*1
Pre War
He was born on the 10th August 1897 the son of Lucy Caudwell, of Chyvarrian, St. Buryan, Cornwall, and the late Ben Caudwell. His home was at 29, Sale Hill, Sheffield.
He joined the School in January 1909 and left in July 1911 going to the Leys at Cambridge with a £40 scholarship.
Wartime Service
He was commissioned and served with the 16th Battalion, London Regiment, Territorial Force, which was part of the 169th Brigade in the 56th Division.
He was killed in action on the 30th November 1917 while an Acting Captain during the Battle of Cambrai. At the date of his death, the Battalion was positioned in the vicinity of Tadpole Copse, west of Moeuvres to withstand fierce German attacks involving much close-quarter fighting.
He is now buried at Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension in France., having been moved there during a concentration of graves – he was identified by the name on his collar.
Additional Information
His headstone reads “Thing that are not seen are eternal” as requested by his mother.
Possibly appears as T Crodwell on the school memorial *1 This memorial (names only) was removed to Caldicott School, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, when the school moved to that site.
Acknowledgments
Terry Ransome, www.caldicott.com/HistoryWW2.aspx, Jonty Wild
