Orlando Colin Cumberbatch

Private 241769 North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales') Regiment

Orlando Colin Cumberbatch was born in Silverdale, Staffordshire in 1888. He was the youngest son of Enos Cumberbatch and his wife Rachel nee Platt. He was a labourer at the Bank Colliery in 1911. He married Louisa Hawthorne in 1917.
Orlando joined the 1/6 North Staffordshire Regiment initially as Private 4980 and after a transfer he became  Private 241769 in the 5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. He married Louisa Hawthorn in 1917.

Orlando died at the 4th Northern General Hospital, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England on 9 Mar 1918. He was buried at Silverdale Cemetery in plot CE Grave 1543, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
His effects, including his War Gratuity, were distributed to his widow:

Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60
Record No: 683056
Registry No.:  542737/1
Soldier’s Name: Cumberbatch Orlando Colin           A.F.W. Date: 15 Jul 1919
Regiment, Rank, No.: 5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Private 241769
Date and Place of Death: 9 March 1918 4th Northern General Hospital, Lincoln
Credits: Lichfield May 1918, £10, 19s 6d
Charges: M Aug 1918 £10 19s 6d
Date of Authority: 5 July 1918
To whom authorised: Widow Louisa
Amount authorised: £10 19s 6d
[Credit] War Gratuity £8 10s 0d
Date of Authority: 15 January 1920/Z
To whom authorised: Widow Louisa Wilkinson
Amount authorised: £8 10s 0d
National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60 [Ancestry]

His widow Louisa Cumberbatch married Herbert Wilkinson in 1919.

Medal Roll

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE Regiment
ROLL OF INDIVIDUALS entitled to the Victory Medal and British War Medal granted under Army Orders 266 & 301 of 1919. No.2, 606B

Lichfield 14 Feb 1921

Medal Card

Commonwealth War Graves Commission