Private Claude Crowson, 242330
- Batt - 1/5
- Unit - Lincolnshire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 02/09/1918
- Age -
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Crowson. He was an iron moulder before enlisting, embarking for France on the 19th October 1916. He took part in engagements at Gommecourt, Loos, Lens, Hulluch, Hill 70 and on the Lys Salient. He was killed by a bullet at Fouquieres.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - Iv F 12, Fouquieres Churchyard Extension
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Lincolnshire Regiment
- Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Fouquieres Chyrd. Ext., France
- Born - Ketton, Rutland
- Enlisted - 3/6/16 In Oakham, Rutland
- Place of Residence - Bull Lane, Ketton, Rutland, England
- Memorial - ST. MARY THE VIRGIN CHYRD. MEM., KETTON, RUTLAND