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Object name(s):
b/w print; photograph
Brief description:
Black and white photograph taken of 2nd Lieutenant Cyril Frederick Hamilton Fenner of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards who was killed in action at Les Boeufs on the 24th September 1916 aged 28 during World War One, in the memorial book held in Cromer Parish Church, compiled by Mrs Olive Burton in 1923 and containing photographs and brief description of the war dead of Cromer, Norfolk
Collection:
Norfolk Museums Service
Acquisition date:
2008
Acquisition method:
copy
Content - concept:
event
Content - concept:
war
Content - description:
Cyril Frederick Hamilton Fenner in the memorial book honouring the dead of the First World War in Cromer, Norfolk
Content - event name:
World War One
Content - person:
Fenner, Cyril Frederick Hammilton
Person's association:
soldier
Person's biographical note:
Born at Cromer 1888 son of Dr Robert Fenner. Educated at Suffield Park School and at Felstead College. He was farming in Southern Chile when war began. He obtained a Commission in the Scots Guards in 1915 and was wounded near Ypres in 1915. He was killed in action at Les Boeufs (Somme) while commanding a Company of the 2nd Scots Guards on 24th September 1916. His brother Athelstan was lost in 1918. Comemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Person's biographical note:
Cromer Parish Register son of Dr Robert Fenner and Ethel Marion baptised 8th July 1888. Cromer Census 1891 aged 4 living in Norwich Road.
Person's biographical note:
aged 28
Current location:
Not on display - In store
Object name:
b/w print; photograph
Object number:
CRRMU : CP7387
Object production date:
1923
Date - earliest / single:
1923
Date - latest:
1923
Object production date:
2008
Date - earliest / single:
2008
Date - latest:
2008
Object production person:
Burton, Olive, Mrs
Person's association:
editor
Object production person:
Branford, Chris
Person's association:
photographer
Other number:
1.846
Other number type:
SHIC
Other number:
community life
Other number type:
NMS
Other number:
warfare and defence
Other number type:
NMS
Other number:
campaigns
Other number type:
NMS
Other number:
First World War
Other number type:
NMS
Other number:
3.14
Other number type:
SHIC
Other number:
personal life
Other number type:
NMS
Other number:
personal administration and records
Other number type:
NMS
Other number:
portraits
Other number type:
NMS
Reproduction format:
jpeg
Reproduction type:
image
Responsible department/section:
Cromer Museum
Right note:
still under copyright
Right type:
copyright
Non confidential restriction level:
level2

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b45b118e-938f-3c27-a1d6-410bb629b306

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b45b118e-938f-3c27-a1d6-410bb629b306, Norfolk Museums Service, CC BY-NC

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