BORN HORNSEA 1882. SON OF FREDERICK CARTER AND MARY GREGORY. HIS PARENTS LIVED IN GLOUCESTER. HE WAS A MANAGER OF A MINERAL WATER COMPANY. HE MARRIED AT ANLABY PARISH CHURCH, ON 16/08/1916. HIS WIFE, ANNIE LOUISA JONES MOVED TO 56 ANLABY ROAD, AND LATER BRIDLINGTON.
ENLISTED HULL ON 17/02/1917. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 23/05/1917. KILLED IN ACTION ON 01/08/1917, AGED 35.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM – 10/08/1917 & 04/09/1917. HIS ARMY ADDRESS WAS 33 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER’S CHURCHYARD, WILSON STREET, ANLABY.
First name:
GILBERT CRAWFORD
Military Number:
32968
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/08/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
35
