Wilfred Cumberlidge Private 33561 East Lancashire Regiment

Wilfred Cumberlidge Private 33561 East Lancashire Regiment. He fought in 13th General Battalion during WW1 and was awarded the British War and Victory Medals.

Wilfred Cumberlidge Private 33561 East Lancashire Regiment. He fought in 13th General Battalion during WW1 and was awarded the British War and Victory Medals.

Wilfred Cumberlidge

Wilfred Cumberlidge 1898-1967 Private 33561 East Lancashire Regiment

Wilfred Cumberlidge was born 9 December 1898 in Furness Vale, Cheshire, England. He was the eldest son of William Cumberlidge and his wife Elizabeth Ann nee Woodbridge.

Wilfred joined the 13th General Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment as Private 33561. He was awarded the British War and Victory Medals.

Wilfred married Edith Ann Leech in 1924 and they had a daughter Edith Joyce Cumberlidge, born in 1929.

Wilfred died in 1967 and his wife Elizabeth Baxter Cumberlidge died in 1993.

Medal Roll

EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT

3787 B

ROLL of INDIVIDUALS entitled to the Victory Medal and British War Medal granted under Army Orders 266 & 301 of 1919.

Regimental No.

Rank

Name

Unit (in order)

Theatres of war in which served

33561

Private

CUMBERLIDGE Wilfred

13th Gn Battalion East Lancashire Regiment 33561 Private

 

Fulwood Barracks Preston, 19 Nov 1920

Medal Card

NameCorpsRankRegtl. No.
CUMBERLIDGEEast Lancashire
Regiment
Private33561
Wilfred
MedalRollPageRemarks
VICTORYH/1/102B173787










K.1380
BRITISH – ditto – – ditto –
STAR
Silver War Badge ListH/1306B123129
Theatre of War
first served in
Date of entry
therein
Correspondence






Address
Wilfred Cumberbirch’s WW1 Medal Index Card