Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Harold Masser Cuthbert and Louisa Cuthbert.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Coalville Times article - Friday September 20th, 1918

Official news has been received by Mr H. M Cuthbert, headmaster of the Coleorton Church of England School, and Mrs Cuthbert, that their younger son, Private Cecil Cuthbert, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, was killed in action on August 25th. They had previously received a letter from a comrade of the deceased, stating that he and two others were shot as they went over the top. Private Cuthbert was only 19 years of age, having gone into the army direct from Ashby Grammar School, where he had a successful career and was a promising young man. Mr and Mrs Cuthbert's other son is a lieutenant in the army.

Coalville Times article - Friday February 27th, 1920

ASHBY GUARDIANS

A MEMBER’S BEREAVEMENT

The chairman referred to the loss sustained by one of the members of the Board, Mr H. M. Cuthbert, of Coleorton, by the death of his wife. Mr Cuthbert, he said, lost a son in the war, and this was another heavy blow. They all sympathised with him very much and he moved a vote accordingly. Mr Pargeter seconded and it was silently carried by the members rising from their seats.

Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 5/11/2017.