[SPTS/1942] Private in the 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment). He was killed on 14 November 1916.
He has no known grave and is commemorated on the
Thiepval Memorial.
Mark was born on 25 November 1894 at Plaistow, the son of Charles and Emma Cable.
At the time of the 1911 Census, he was living at 41 Berwick Lane, Stanford Rivers,
with his mother Emma and other members of the family.
He was employed as a labourer on houses by Sir Drummond Smith.
Essex Newsman, 10 February 1917
Pt. Mark Cable, Royal Fusiliers, aged 20, whose home was at Stanford Rivers,
died of wounds. A brother, L-Cpl. J. Cable, Essex Regt., was killed in action,
aged 25.
Mark Cable had enlisted on 20 October 1914 at Warley in the 12th (Service)
Battalion, Essex Regiment, as a Private [No. 15255].
He was discharged at Harwich on 14 December 1914.
The reason for his discharge was recorded as
“Not likely to become an efficient soldier.”
At the time of his discharge, his occupation was given as “Cowman”
and his address as 40 Berwick Lane, Stanford Rivers. He gave his next of kin
as his stepfather, Charles Dunningham, and his mother, Emma.
He had served a total of 56 days and his character was described as
“very good.”
His record gives “deafness” as the reason for his discharge application.
