Cecil Probert
The name Cecil Probert is not the first name listed on the monument.
The monument is in St John church burial ground, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.
There are 899 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Cecil Probert was buried in 1976.The actual date of death is given on the grave monument as 23.12.1976.
Cecil Probert calculated age is 82.
Cecil Probert birth is given as 1894.
Cecil Probert is listed on the GPR grave numbered 265652.
Cecil Probert is listed as the husband of Amy Jane Hyde Probert on the grave monument.
Cecil Probert has the record number 570378 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 09 December 2012
There is one image available for the monument listing Cecil Probert (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Cecil Probert record:
auction notes about his medals: A mounted group of eight miniature dress medals representative of the medals awarded to Major C. Probert, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, late Royal Tank Corps, British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, mounted for display, very fine and better (8) £30-50 Cecil Probert was born in Worcester on 22 April 1894. During the Great War he served in the ranks of the Tank Corps, and re-enlisting in 1919 he attained the rank of R.S.M. in the Corps before being commission in July 1939. With the Royal Tank Corps he served in France and was evacuated from Dunkirk. He was promoted to Captain in the R.A.O.C. in 1941 and Acting Major in the R.E.M.E. in 1943. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 20 December 1940), granted the Efficiency Decoration (London Gazette April 1950) and was awarded the M.S.M. in 1963. Major Probert died in Worcester in December 1976. Sold with a quantity of copied research. These medals are representative of the awards to the above and have been assembled in recent years for display purposes.