CROXTON Henry Edward

  • First Name(s):
    Henry 
    Edward 
  • Surname:
    CROXTON
  • Service Number:
    42391
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    South Wales Borderers
  • Battalion:
    6th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    15th April 1918
  • Age At Death:
    31
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium, Panel 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Charles Croxton, of Old Swinford, Stourbridge; husband of Lilian Croxton, 161, High St., Stoke Newington, London

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CROXTON Henry Edward Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Stourbridge St Thomas’s Church.

Further Information About CROXTON Henry Edward

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

Henry Croxton was the son of Charles Croxton of the ‘Waggon and Horses’, Worcester Street, Stourbridge. He had worked for Messrs Moyle and Co., grocers. In 1914 he was married and living at Ladbroke Grove, London. Henry enlisted first in the London Regiment and was later transferred to the 6th Battalion South Wales Borderers in the 25th Division. He had been some six months on the Western Front when the Germans launched their second Spring Offensive of 1918 on the Lys. The battalion was defending the line near Ploegsteert on the 9th April and were forced to retreat through Neuve Eglise. At Crucifix Corner the battalion turned to fight and lost half its strength in a famous battle on the 14th and 15th April. Private Henry Croxton was one of those who were killed in action.

Henry Croxton has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Ploegsteert Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society. Cathedral Roll of honour books researched by Sandra Taylor.