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Horace Leonard Craymer
British Army 23rd Btn. London Regiment
Horace Craymer was born on 7th of March 1897 in Middlesex & died 1977 in Humberside. He married in 1923 at Newbury Berkshire to Phyllis May Belgrove.
Gnr. A. Crayston
British Army 1093 Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Wennington, Lancashire
(d.3rd November 1918)
Gunner Crayston was the son of Mr and Mrs Alexander Crayston, of Russell's Farm, Wennington, Lancashire.
He was buried in the Hoshiarpur (Christ Church) Churchyard in India, Row 1, Grave 11.
Pte. William Creasey
British Army 10th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Metheringhaam Fen, Lincoln
(d.28th Aug 1917)
William Creasey was a farmer's son from Metheringham Fen south of Lincoln. Records suggest he signed up for the army in December 1915 and went into action in about June 1916. He is the brother of my Grand Father and a Great Uncle to me. He is also an Uncle, Great Uncle and Great Great Uncle to many others in the Creasey family. He is remembered by all of us.
Sgt. John Wyse Scott Cree MID
British Army 131 MT Company Army Service Corps
from:Glasgow
Sgt John W S Cree served with 131st(MT)Company, Army Service Corps attached to the 9th (Scottish) Division and was Mentioned in Dispatches for gallant conduct whilst fighting at Nurlu 21-23 March 1918.
Pte. Patrick Creedon MM.
British Army 1st Btn Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Cork, Ireland
Patrick Creedon was born in Cork, Ireland in September 1897. He served as a Private in the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, as an Acting Corporal in the Royal Irish Rifles and an Acting Corporal in the Labour Corps. Patrick was listed in the Casualty Lists on and was awarded the Military Medal on 23rd of October 1916.
Pte. Patrick Creedon MM.
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Cork City, County Cork, Ireland
Patrick Creedon served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. He later served in the 2nd Battalion He was awarded the Military Medal for Gallantry which was gazetted on 21st of October 1916.
L/Cpl. George Creek
British Army 5th Btn. East Kent Regiment
from:Barley
(d.21st Mar 1917)
George Creek enlisted in Royston into the 1st Battalion The Bedford Regiment. Transferred as Lance Corporal to the 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), he died of his wounds with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force probably in Mesapotamia (Iraq) 21st March 1917.
Act Co. Sjt Mjr. Stanley Alistair Creek
Army The London Regiment
(d.16th Sep 1916)
Cpl. Edward William Creighton
Australian Imperial Force. 50th Btn.
from:42, Tynte St., Adelaide, South Australia.
(d.22nd Aug 1917)
Pte. John W. Creighton
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
(d.1st July 1916)
John Creighton took part in the trench raid on the night of the 5th-6th June 1916
Pte. William Crellin
Australian Imperial Forces 11th Battalion
from:Manjimup W.A.
(d.7th May 1917)
William Crellin served with 11th Battalion, AIF, 16th Reinforcements. He was born at Eltham, Victoria.
Pte William Crellin
Australian Imperial Forces 16th Battalion
from:Manjimup Western Australia
(d.7th May 1917)
William Crellin served with 16th Btn
Lance Corporal Frank Cressall
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:
(d.04 Sept 1916)
Frank Cressall, my Great Uncle was born in 1892 in Handsworth, Birmingham, to George Cressall and Louisa Cressall, nee Leather. Frank was killed in action in the Somme, on 4 September 1916, aged about 24, He was buried in Plot 2, Row C, Grave 9, Corbie Communal Cemetery, Somme, France.
Pte. Albert Joseph Cresswell
British Army 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:St Peters Parade, Wolverhampton
(d.22nd Aug 1915)
Pte. Albert Joseph Cresswell
British Army 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
(d.22nd Aug 1915)
L/Cpl. Percy Cresswell
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Dunnington, Warwickshire
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Percy Cresswell was born 6 September, 1888, at Dunnington Salford, Warks, to parents, Lucy & Walter Cresswell. It is not known when Percy joined the Army, but he did enlist at Warwick, and because he had a three figure Army number, it seems likely that he was a pre-war regular. He appears in the Medal Roll of the India General Service Medal 1908, with Northwest Frontier Clasp, which shows he was serving with the 1st Battalion R.W.R., in India, and was in action in April & May 1908. The Medal Roll shows that the then, Private Cresswell served against the Mohmands and also in action at Matta.
After the Great War began, Percy, still with the 1st Battalion, is recorded in the Birmingham Daily Post, dated, 30th November 1914, as `Missing` then, in the same paper, dated 11th October 1915, he is recorded as `Rejoined`. Finally, now with the 2nd Battalion, again the same paper, dated 21st October 1915 he is reported `Killed`.
This was at the Battle of Loos. Percy was killed sometime between 6.30am, when the Battalion advanced, and Midnight, when they were in position in a support trench 400 yards west of the "Quarries". On the 1st September 1915, the Battalion Diary records a strength of 24 Officers and 936 Other Ranks . At Midnight on the 25th September, it records; Missing, 273 - Wounded, 171, and, Killed, 64. The Battalion could only muster (No figure,) Officer and 140 Men.
Like many, many other poor souls, Percy`s body was never recovered, but he is commemorated on Panel 22 - 25 at the Loos Memorial.
To All Who Gave Their Lives ~ R.I.P.
L/Cpl. William Cresswell
British Army 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment
from:2 Charncey Place, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex
(d.1st Jul 1916)
My grandfather's brother, William Cresswell was a regular soldier who had served through the Boer War and I have his campaign medal for South Africa 1901-1902 Transvaal and Orange Free State. I believe he returned home wounded in the early part of the war but was killed on the first day in the Battle of the Somme. He was 39 years old so had served at least 17 years and has no known grave and is commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Rflmn. William Cresswell
British Army 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Great Blakenham, Ipswich
(d.28th June 1915)
William Cresswell is my great uncle. I know nothing about him would but would love to know what battles he was in and how he died. He had brothers who survived the war.
L/Cpl. William Cresswell
British Army 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Writtle, Essex
(d.1st July 1916)
My great uncle William Cresswell was one of 58 Essex soldiers who were gassed in May 1915 in the 2nd Battle of Ypres. He returned home wounded.
Pte Andrew Creswell
British Army 2nd Btn. C Coy Royal Inniskilling Fusilers
Andrew Creswell is my grandmother's brother. He served with the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers until December 1914 then became 1015 Pte Creswell in the Army Cyclist Corps before being discharged from the East Yorkshire Regiment as 36606 Pte A Creswell. I have his three medals. After being discharged he joined up again serving in the Irish Guards. I believe he moved to Swindon.
Pte. Andrew Creswell
British Army 12th Btn. East York Regiment
from:Omagh
Andrew Creswell started military service on 6th of January 1913 with the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He fought in the BEF retreat, Marne, Aisne, 1st Battle of Ypres. In December he transferred a to 4th Div. Army Cyclist Corp (ACC). He remained in the Ypres area then onto the Somme in 1916, and was at Mailly Mallet. He joined 12th East Yorkshire Regiment on 11th December 1916 and fought around Arras and Oppy Wood before another transfer to 6th East Yorks on 8th of February 1918. He was discharged on the 22nd of February 1919 and awarded the Silver Badge.
Gnr. Alexander Cretney
British Army 45 Brigade, 5 Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Liverpool
(d.4th Oct 1917)
My great grandfather Alexander Cretney was born on 20 April 1876 in Liverpool to Alexander and Elizabeth (nee Timms) Cretney. According to the 1891 census he was already working as a shop boy at the age of 14. In 1898 he married my great grandmother Agnes Duncan whose parents were from Scotland. By 1911 he was an inmate at the Walton on the Hill Workhouse. This may have prompted him to join the army. He enlisted at Seaforth, Lancashire. According to his 1914 Star medal record he was first attached to the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery and was sent to France on 16 Aug 1916. Records indicate he was then transferred or assigned to 8th Division 5th Battery 45th Brigrade. According to the war diaries he was fighting with this division at Ploegsteert at the time of his death on 4 October 1917. He was one of six who died that day. He is buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery Steenwerck in France. He received the 1914 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal. May he rest in peace.
VAD. Dorothea Crewdson MM ARRC.
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 32 Stationary Hospital
(d.12th March 1919)
Dorothea Crewdson, served at No 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, No 16 Stationary Hospital at Le Treport and No 46 Stationary Hospital at Etaples. She died on 12th March 1919 and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.
Pte. Thomas Crewe
British Army 1st/4th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
from:Leicester
(d.26th April 1916)
Pte. William Leo Crewe
British Army 1/5th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment
from:Lancashire
(d.24th April 1918)
William Crewe was born in 1899 in Preston Lancashire, the son of Margaret Ann Crewe and William Crewe. There is a War Memorial in the Harris Museum which has his name on it. I will remember my 3 times great uncle
CSgt F. Crews
South African Forces 10th Infantry Witwatersrand Rifles
(d.13th June 1915)
Colour Sergeant Crews is buried in the Cape Town (Wynberg, Wetton Road) Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa
Pte. Francis George Crews
British Army 15th (2nd Portsmouth) Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Ryde, Isle of Wight
(d.20th Sep 1917)
Pte Walter Crews
British Army 1st/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
Sgt. Daniel Crichton MM.
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Wandsworth, London
Daniel Crichton, my grandfather, was born in 1885, no records exist regarding him within the family because his home in Finsbury was bombed in the Second World War. My grandfather was very ill from the effects of his war effort and the family were in difficult financial circumstances. We have tried for the past 30 years to accumulate records. It has become easier with digitalised versions of the records today. But we still do not have one photograph of him.
My father is nearly 80 and has been searching for information about his father all his life. I want to redress the balance between the information available regarding officers in war diaries and other material and include my grandfather's name wherever possible so anyone else looking for him will know that there are people he belongs to.
L/Cpl. David Crichton
British Army 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles
(d.25th Mar 1918)
David Crichton enlisted at the outbreak of war, joining No. 7 Company, 5th Btn Scottish Rifles. He was later transferred to 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles, where he was a Lance Corporal. David was killed near Pozieres on 25th of March 1918 and is remembered on Pozieres Memorial.
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