BORN HULL 22/10/1892. SON OF CHARLES CROUCH AND AMY KING, OF 11 McCLINTOCK STREET, BARROW. A PAINT SHOP WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN BARROW IN FURNESS, ON 18/08/1915, AGED 22 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORD ADDRESS. HE WAS DESCRIBED AT 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 121 LBS WEIGHT, 34.5 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, ‘GOOD’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
SERVED AS PRIVATE, 20485, 1ST KINGS OWN ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/12/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1916, AGED 23. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 338 DAYS. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, CHARLES. HE LEFT OLDER BROTHER JAMES AND SISTER, AMY, AND YOUNG BROTHER JOHN WILLIAM CROUCH.
First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
20485
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/07/1916
Place died:
Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
23
