247175 Pte. Cecil Frank Alaway British Army 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers from:Acton, London (d.27th December 1916) Cecil Alaway was born in 1893 in Hampstead, the youngest four children of Charles and Elizabeth Alaway. His father was a carpenter, later becoming a building foreman for the council. Cecil had two older brothers, Charles and Robert, and an older sister Lilian. The 1901 census shows the family living at 18 Cowper Road, Acton; the oldest brother had left home and Cecil, aged 17, was working as a hosier's assistant, possibly in a local shop. He served with the 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, and died on the 27 December 1916. He is buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension and his headstone bears the quote from John 14:19, at his father's request, "Because I live, ye shall live also". He is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London
It is highly probable he died from his wounds whilst receiving treatment. For much of the First World War No.3 BRCS, No.5 and No.2 Stationary Hospitals were stationed at Abbeville. The communal cemetery was used for burials from November 1914 to September 1916 and the extension was begun in September 1916.
Courtesy of www.stmaryacton.org.uk and www.cwgc.org
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