CAVENDISH, HUGH CRAWFORD
BORN 1 JANUARY 1881
Hugh Crawford Cavendish
was born in Cochin (now Kochi), Southern India, on 1 January 1881, son of Alexander Carnegie Cavendish (b 1845 in Bristol) and Joanna May Campbell Cavendish (née Crawford b 1854 in India). His parents were married in Madras in 1876. Hugh had an older brother, Alexander, (b 1879), a younger sister Mary Carnegie (b 1882) and a younger brother James Robert Carnegie (b 1885). Hugh and his three siblings were all baptised in Madras. Hugh’s older brother, Alexander, entered the School on 10 May 1889, aged 9. Hugh entered the School on 22 September 1892, aged 11, at the same time as his younger brother James Robert Carnegie, aged 7. The family lived at 5 Northcote Road, Bristol and his father worked as an agent for the Bank of Madras. Alexander Carnegie Cavendish died in India on 5 April 1893 and the three children left the School in the same month. Hugh and James attended Bedford Modern School from September 1893. Hugh Crawford received his commission on passing out of Woolwich in November 1899. He served in the South Africa War and was awarded the Queen’s medal with two clasps. Hugh, aged 27, married Marjory Philippa George, Fifth Panel
aged 27, in Fleet Church, Dorset on 8 September 1908. At that time, he was living at Fleet House near Weymouth. Moving back to India, his daughter, Barbara Anne Crawford, was born on 6 July 1909. The 1911 census records Hugh, aged 30, and his wife Marjory as living in Jullundur Cantonments, Punjab India. A son, Hugh Edward Cavendish, was born in 1912 in Fleet, Dorset but died in infancy. In 1914, Hugh became a Major and went to Belgium in the first battle of Ypres, serving in the 7th Division. He
was wounded and returned home. In July 1915 he returned to the front serving with the Royal Field Artillery, B
Battery, 87th Brigade. Hugh died in the Battle of the Somme, on 1 August 1916, 23
