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| Vernon Cawthorne Barnsley Chronicle 22 January 1916 with thanks to Barnsley Archives |
Military Service:
Enlisted: 15th January 1915 age 20
Regiment and Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, 1st/5th Battalion
Service number and rank: 3562 Private
Entered Theatre of War: France 19 August 1915
Awards: The Victory Medal, The British War Medal and the 1915 Star
Death: 19th December 1915 aged 20
Buried at: Bard Cottage Cemetery
Grave Reference: 1.1.11
Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Vernon Cawthorne was the son of Walter and Harriet Elizabeth (nee Pell) Cawthorne of 15 Prince Arthur Street, Barnsley
Remembered:
St Marys Church Barnsley Combined War Memorial he is also remembered at St. Paul's Church, Old Town. St. Paul's Church is the "daughter" church of St. Mary's Church, Barnsley, they have close ties.
Links & Notes:
Lives of the First World War
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Vernon Whitfield Cawthorne was born on February 19, 1895, in Barnsley, Yorkshire, his father, Walter, was 38 and his mother, Harriet Elizabeth, nee Pell was 32. He had six brothers and five sisters. He was killed in action in 1915 at the age of 20.
Vernon Whitfield's brother Edward Lancelot was born on November 15, 1896, in Barnsley, Yorkshire when Vernon Whitfield was one year old. Birth of Sister
Vernon Whitfield's sister Peggy Primrose was born on April 26, 1899, in Barnsley, Yorkshire when Vernon Whitfield was 4 years old.
Vernon Whitfield's brother Arthur Clifford died on December 10, 1900, in Barnsley, Yorkshire when Vernon Whitfield was 5 years old.
Vernon Whitfield's brother Edward Lancelot was born on November 15, 1896, in Barnsley, Yorkshire when Vernon Whitfield was one year old.
Vernon's full name was Vernon Whitfield Cawthorne
Ancestry.co.uk
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