Cecil Alfred George Urry (1908-1960)

Soldier

Rank:	Sergeant
Squadron:	B
Wounded:	30 Mar 1945
Mentioned in:	23H Story Page 277

Civilian

Residence:	2 Fife Villas, Newport Road, Ventnor, I.O.W. (1939), 12 Downlands, Ventnor (1946), 23 Cornwall Rd, Ventnor (1960)
Birth:	1908 in Newport, I.O.W.
Baptism:	7 Feb 1908 at St Thomas's Church, Newport.
Death:	23 Dec 1960 at Spitalgate Level, Grantham, Lincs.
Marriage:	to Phyllis Barbara Rose Saunders registered Sep 1936 in the Isle of Wight
Children:	2 sons, 1 daughter

Parents

Edward George Urry	Florence Laura Richardson
Blacksmith, later Dyer's Cleaner. 45 Trafalgar Rd, Newport, I.O.W. Birth 4 July 1880 in Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset. Rifleman 670 Edward George Urry [Photo], "B" Coy, 1/8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice's) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. KIA 12 Aug 1915 in Gallipoli, Turkey. Commemorated on the Helles Memporial.	Birth 4 Nov 1883 in Chichester, Sussex. Death 26 Dec 1974 in Newport, I.O.W.
Marriage 17 Mar 1906 in the Register Office, Newport, Isle Of Wight.

Notes

Cecil's father (a twin) and three uncles (one by marriage) were all killed ON THE SAME DAY during the Suvla Bay operations on Gallipoli. All four were in the Hampshire Regiment. All four are commemorated on the Helles Memorial (having no known grave). There is a memorial to these men in Newport, I.O.W. [Photo]

Another of Cecil's uncles, Alfred Urry, was attacked in the street and died from his injuries in 1933.