Full name and title: Sub-Lieutenant Cecil Ernest Cloak Flood

Full article: Cecil Ernest Cloak Flood was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 28 May 1894 to Royal Naval engineer Frederick I. Flood and his wife, Eleanor. In 1911 the Floods were living at 101 Norwood Road, Herne Hill, although they later moved to 161 Half Moon Lane. In 1907 Cecil was enrolled at Dulwich College at the age of 13. He left school in 1912 and joined up in autumn 1914, initially serving as a motorcycle despatch rider attached to the Royal Engineers at Walmer. In January 1915 he was given a commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and was attached to "Anson" Battalion of the Royal Naval Division. At the declaration of the war there was a surplus of over 20,000 men in the reserves of the Royal Navy who would not find jobs on any warship. It was recognised that this was sufficient to form two Naval Brigades and a Brigade of Marines for operations on land. The 63rd (Royal Naval) Division was shipped to Egypt prior to serving in the Battle of Gallipoli. By the end of the Dardanelles campaign, the division's casualties were such that it no longer contained a significant number of naval men. Cecil Flood was serving with this unit when he was killed on 10 June 1915. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Helles Memorial at Canakkale (Gallipoli).

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Caption: Sub-Lieutenant C.E.C. Flood

Credit: Dulwich College archives

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Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Unit: Anson Battalion
Service number: 1/2851 RNVR

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Cause of death: KIA
Rank at death: Sub-Lieutenant
Date of death: 10/06/1915
Age at death: 21
Country of death: Turkey
Memorial or Cemetery: Helles Memorial, Panel 8 to 16
Locally remembered at: Dulwich College archive

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Herne Hill Connection: Resident and family lived there
Address: 161 Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill

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