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CPL Alfred Joseph Cushion
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CPL Alfred Joseph Cushion Veteran

Birth
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Death
9 Aug 1918 (aged 41)
Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Monument
Haucourt, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 3.
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Alfred Joseph Cushion was born in 1876 the son of Edwin Cushion and Emma Grubb. He married Eleanor Elizabeth Beadle in 1906 and they had four children. They lived at 36 Stanley Road, Edmonton, Middlesex.
Alfred enlisted on 7 Dec 1915 and was mobilised on 2 Aug 1916 with the 3rd Battallion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) and posted to the 8th Battallion on 30 Dec 1916. He was promoted to Lance corporal on 6 Apr 1917. He was posted to the 6th Battallion on 9 Feb 1918 and promoted to Corporal on 14 Apr 1918. He was killed in action on 9 Aug 1918 at Morlancourt.
See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cushion-40
Rank: Corporal
Service No: G/11748
Date of Death: 09/08/1918
Age: 41
Regiment/Service: The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). 6th Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 3.
Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Emma Cushion, of 24, Ashbourne Grove, Dulwich, London, and the late Edwin Cushion; husband of Eleanor Cushion, of 36, Stanley Rd., Church St., Edmonton, London.
Alfred Joseph Cushion was born in 1876 the son of Edwin Cushion and Emma Grubb. He married Eleanor Elizabeth Beadle in 1906 and they had four children. They lived at 36 Stanley Road, Edmonton, Middlesex.
Alfred enlisted on 7 Dec 1915 and was mobilised on 2 Aug 1916 with the 3rd Battallion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) and posted to the 8th Battallion on 30 Dec 1916. He was promoted to Lance corporal on 6 Apr 1917. He was posted to the 6th Battallion on 9 Feb 1918 and promoted to Corporal on 14 Apr 1918. He was killed in action on 9 Aug 1918 at Morlancourt.
See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cushion-40
Rank: Corporal
Service No: G/11748
Date of Death: 09/08/1918
Age: 41
Regiment/Service: The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). 6th Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 3.
Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Emma Cushion, of 24, Ashbourne Grove, Dulwich, London, and the late Edwin Cushion; husband of Eleanor Cushion, of 36, Stanley Rd., Church St., Edmonton, London.

Gravesite Details

Corporal, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Age: 41.



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  • Maintained by: BigBlueHawk
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56665839/alfred_joseph-cushion: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Alfred Joseph Cushion (15 Sep 1876–9 Aug 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56665839, citing Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery and Memorial, Haucourt, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by BigBlueHawk (contributor 49767885).