Cyril Rossiter
Service number
4860157
Military unit
Leicestershire Regiment
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
12 Apr 1940 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Nottinghamshire.
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Charles H. Rossiter and Mary Rossiter, of Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
Military history
He was serving at home when he was listed as dangerously ill on the 5th april 1940, this was reported to the War Office Casualty Section on Casualty List No. 171, he was again reported on Casualty List No. 180 on the 16th April 1940 that he had died on the 12th April 1940, aged 21.
Extra information
Buried : Kingsway New Cemetery, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference : Section B : Row : K : Grave : 1154.
Personal Inscription reads : "Asleep in God's garden, forever in our thoughts, Rest In Peace".
Commemorated on the Kirkby In Ashfield Cenotaph, Kingsway, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire as : Rossiter C. Leics.
Photographs
Photo of Cyril Rossiter's Headstone.
Photograph of Private, Cyril Rossiter's headstone in Kingsway (New) Cemetery, Kingsway, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 11th December 2021.