CROPPER Alfred Frank

  • First Name(s):
    Alfred 
    Frank 
  • Surname:
    CROPPER
  • Service Number:
    2421
  • Rank:

    Driver

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    2nd (South Midland) Brigade
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd February 1916
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Place of Death:
    Military Hospital, Colchester
  • Place of Burial:
    Worcester (Astwood) Cemetery, Worcestershire, England, Grave 10458.
  • Place of Birth:
    Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Harold John and Fanny Cropper; husband of Jessie Cropper, 8 Askew Square, Little Charles St., Worcester

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Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Worcester Guildhall as F. Cropper.

Further Information About CROPPER Alfred Frank

1901 Census
3 Spa Gardens East, Worcester
Harold John Cropper, head, aged 38
Fanny Cropper, wife, aged 36
Alfred Frank Cropper, son, aged 11
Elsie Mary Cropper, daughter, aged 6
Eva Beatrice Cropper, daughter, aged 1

Alfred Frank Cropper, occupation: soldier, resident Military Hospital, Colchester (entered in the register), died in the Military Hospital, Colchester.  He was buried in Astwood Cemetery on 28th February 1916, aged 26 years, Dissenter.  The ceremony was performed by the Reverend C.H. Gough.

Source for additional information: Register of burials in Astwood Cemetery, entry no 38832, available on microfilm at Worcestershire Archives.

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

The following information has been researched by Mark Chambers, family relation:
Alfred Cropper was born in Worcester in 1889.  In 1901 he was living with his parents and 2 younger sisters at 3 Spa Gardens East in the parish of St Peter, Worcester.  He married Jessie Day in 1913 and they had two daughters, Norah born in 1914 and Gladys E. born in 1915.

A photograph of Driver A.F. Cropper can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 18th March 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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