Cecil Horace Mallett

A Sub-Lieutenant with Anson Battalion, Cecil died on 12th of April 1918 at the age of 21. 

Cecil was born at Lowestoft on 3 January 1897, a son of Frank Cecil and Edith Emily Mary Mallett. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 12 February 1897 and his family lived at 61 Norwich Road. This was still their home in 1901. By 1909 they were living at 14 Beresford Road, and this was still their home in 1911. Later his parents lived at Ardgowan, Yarmouth Road.

Cecil attended Church Road School and, on 15 September 1909, became a pupil at Lowestoft School of Science. 

Cecil volunteered and enlisted in the Army in December 1915. He joined the Suffolk Regiment, service number 43405. He was posted to France to join the 11th Battalion and was promoted to Lance Corporal. He was discharged from the Army on 26 June 1917 in order to take up a commission. 

Cecil attended No 8 Officer Cadet Battalion, Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire. He was commissioned as a Temporary Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to serve with the Royal Naval Division, with seniority from 30 May 1917. On 9 July 1917 he joined the 3rd Reserve Battalion at Blandford. He arrived in France on 27 August 1917 and joined a Base Depot at Calais on 1 September 1917. He joined Anson Battalion, in the field, on 17 September. 

Cecil was detailed to 18 Corps Reinforcement Camp on 22 October 1917 and attended a course of instruction from 22 November to 18 December, when he rejoined his unit. He was granted leave in the U.K. from 30 December 1917 to 13 January 1918.

On 6 April 1918 Anson Battalion moved to close support at the Railway Embankment close to Aveluy Wood. The next day they entered the line at Aveluy Wood. Cecil was wounded on 8 April, sustaining contusions to his legs and arms. He was admitted to 5th British Red Cross Hospital, Wimereux, on 11 April, ‘dangerously ill’, and he died there the following day.  

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