Geburtsdatum: 10/05/1898

Geburtsort: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Vereinigtes Königreich, Schottland

Beruf: Medizinstudent

Land: Vereinigtes Königreich, Schottland

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Second Lieutenant

Dienstnummer: 175261

Einberufung ort: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Vereinigtes Königreich, Schottland

Einheiten:  —  Royal Garrison Artillery, 327th Siege Bty.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 23/10/1917

Sterbeort: Wagon Farm, Belgien

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 19

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

Eric Ian Cuthbertson, a 19-year-old medical student from Edinburgh, Scotland, served as a Second Lieutenant in the 327th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Battle of Passchendaele.

The young man was killed in action on 23 October 1917. On this wet day the 327th Siege Battery – armed with 6 inch howitzers - was transferred from the 3rd Heavy Artillery Group to the 14th Heavy Artillery Group.

Eric’s Battery had only arrived at the 3rd Heavy Artillery Group on 1 September 1917. The 327th took over the guns of the 324th Siege Battery at Crossing Lodge, Signal Cottage and Wagon Farm, along the Yser Canal near the village of Boezinge. Though the 327th Siege Battery was transferred to another Heavy Artillery Group, the guns might have remained in position along the Yser Canal.

Second Lieutenant Cuthbertson was killed in action on 23 October 1917. He possibly fell while manning his guns near Wagon Farm. Eric Ian Cuthbertson, only 19-years-old, was buried in the nearby Talana Farm Cemetery.

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