Ronald Frederick Cuckson
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Ronald Frederick was the youngest son of the late Edmund Arthur Cuckson (Captain in the Volunteer Defence Corps) and Insurance broker and of Rose Cuckson (née Royce) of 28, Elm Avenue, Nottingham. His father Edmund Arthur was born in 1843 in Basford and his mother Rose Royce was born in 1853 in Nottingham, they were married in 1876 in Nottingham and went on to have the following children all of whom were born in Nottingham : Arthur Royce b1880, Margaret b1881, Kathleen Gertrude b1883, Edward Percy b1884, Thomas Meredith b1886, Harold William b1890 and Ronald Frederick b1892. In the 1911 census the family was living at 28 Elm Avenue, Nottingham, and shown as Edmund Arthur 68 yrs an insurance broker, his wife Rose 58 yrs and their children Arthur Royce 31 yrs a manager lace dresser, Margaret 29 yrs, Edward Percy 26 yrs manager lace making, Harold William 21 yrs a designer swiss embroidery, Ronald Frederick 19 yrs a lace machinist. His father Edmund Arthur died in Nottingham in 1920 aged 77 yrs
Company Sergeant Major Ronald Frederick Cuckson, enlisted at Nottingham in November 1909 served with the 7th, attached 16th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment. Ronald was mobilised on 4th August 1914 and landed in France on 28th February 1915. He died on 18 April 1918 at No. 64 Casualty Clearing Station of wounds received in action near Mont Kemmel. He is buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium (X.A.57).
'In memoriam' notice published 17th April 1919, Nottingham Evening Post :- “CUCKSON. – In loving memory of Coy.-Sergt.-Major Ronald Frederick Cuckson, the Robin Hoods, attached 16th Batt. Sherwood Foresters, who died on April 18th, 1918, of wounds received in action near Mont Kemmel.” Above notice courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
