BORN HULL 06/03/1881. ELDEST SON OF JOHN JAMES CRACROFT (1855-1938) & CATHERINE SMITH (1854-1925), OF 68, SYMONS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT, FRANCE AND BELGIUM. SURVIVED THE SOMME, AND OPPY WOOD. DIED ON 26/08/19121, AGED 40. BURIED IN A CWGC GRAVE, AT HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY (PLOT. 87.66.). HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN”
First name:
THOMAS RICHARD
Military Number:
11/1374
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/08/1921
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
40
