Caro's Family

Lance Corporal Hubert Gurney

1895 - 1917

• Title	Lance Corporal
  Born	11 Jul 1895	57 Evesham Road, West Ham, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Census	31 Mar 1901	49 Geere Road, West Ham, London, England
  	aged 5, born West Ham
  Military Service	15 Jul 1915	The Balkans
  	1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
  Cause of Death	23 Apr 1917
  	killed in action, 2nd Battle of the Scarpe
  Died	23 Apr 1917	Monchy-le-Preux, France   [1]
  Buried	Aft 23 Apr 1917	Heninel-Croisilles Road Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France   [1]
  Person ID	I2451	Caro's Tree

  
  

  Father	William James Gurney,   b. 12 Apr 1861, Broadwindsor, Dorset, England ,   d. 16 Apr 1932, Pretoria, South Africa
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Mary Ann Edmunds,   b. 21 Jul 1862, Rhymney, Monmouthshire, Wales ,   d. 20 Apr 1926, 45 Upton Avenue, Forest Gate, Essex, England
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F682	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Cecilia Doran,   b. 04 Sep 1892, Bethnal Green, London, England ,   d. Dec 1982, Bromley, Kent, England
  Married	12 Oct 1916	St Antony, Forest Gate, Essex, England
  Family ID	F842	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Jul 1895 - 57 Evesham Road, West Ham, Essex, England Census - aged 5, born West Ham - 31 Mar 1901 - 49 Geere Road, West Ham, London, England Military Service - 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment - 15 Jul 1915 - The Balkans Married - 12 Oct 1916 - St Antony, Forest Gate, Essex, England Died - 23 Apr 1917 - Monchy-le-Preux, France  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Website, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, www.cwgc.org. Monday, 23rd April 1917. Remembered with honour HENINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. In the perpetual care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. In Memory of H Gurney, Lance Corporal G/41624, 1st Bn., Middlesex Regiment, who died on Monday, 23rd April 1917. Commemorative Information: Cemetery: HENINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Reference/Panel Number: I. A. 15. Location: Heninel and Croisilles are villages approximately 5 kilometres and 8 kilometres south-west of Arras (D33), in the valleys of the Cojeul and the Sensee respectively, and they are joined by a road which crosses a high plateau. On the eastern side of that road, nearer to Heninel, is the Heninel-Croisilles Road Cemetery which is approached down a 2 kilometre track. Historical Information: The 21st Division captured Heninel on the 12th April, 1917, and advanced Eastwards on the two following days. The 33rd Division then took over the attack. These two Divisions are largely represented in the cemetery. In April, 1918, this ground was lost, and the eleven German graves in Plot I, Rows D and E, were made when the cemetery was in German hands. After the Armistice, graves were brought in from a wide area round Heninel. There are now over 300, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, half are unidentified. The cemetery covers an area of 969 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.