CRONYN, William Benn

Personal Details

Attribute	Details
Nationality	British
Date of Birth	1861
Place of Birth	Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Veterinary College and Date of Graduation	Edinburgh - May 1888

Military Service

Attribute	Details
Last Rank	Captain
Regiment/Service	Army Veterinary Corps
Secondary Regiment	Indian Veterinary Hospital Marsailles
Secondary Unit
First Theatre of War	France 1917

Casualty Details

Attribute	Details
Date of Death	01 February 1918
Age at Death	55
Place of Death	La Havre, France
Cause of Death	Meningitis

Cemetery

Attribute	Details
Cemetery	St. Marie Cemetery
Location	Le Havre, France
Grave Reference	Div.62.I.O.6
Commonwealth War Grave	Yes - CWGC Headstone
Emblem or Badge on Headstone	Cross

Honours and Memorials

Attribute	Details
Name on RCVS Honour Board	Yes
Name In Officers who died in Great War	Yes
Medals and Awards	British War Medal 1914-1918 Victory Medal

Biography

Captain William Benn Cronyn MRCVS was born in Dublin and was the third son of Dr John and Mrs Caroline Cronyn of Dromore, Newport, County Tipperary, Ireland. He was educated at Hanover House, Bray and Foyle College, County Derry. He entered the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College in 1887 and qualified in May 1888.

On the outbreak of war, he joined the Army Veterinary Corps and was attached to the Army Remount Department. He spent two and a half years working in Ireland before volunteering for service overseas despite being over military age.

In April 1917, he was posted to the Indian Veterinary Hospital, Marseilles, and served there for nine months before he contracted influenza. He was evacuated to a hospital in Le Harve but caught Meningitis, and he died there on February 1, 1918. He was 55 and buried at St. Marie Cemetery, Le Herve, France.

Captain Cronyn’s death was reported in The Veterinary Record of February 9, 1918, and his obituary is in The Veterinary Record dated 16 February 1918.

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