CRAWFORD Henry Allen

  • First Name(s):
    Henry 
    Allen 
  • Surname:
    CRAWFORD
  • Service Number:
    36452
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Machine Gun Corps
  • Regiment:
    Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
  • Unit:
    50th Company
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 27299, Worcestershire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    6th August 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5C and 12C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Catshill, Worcestershire, enlisted Bromsgrove
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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CRAWFORD Henry Allen Is Named On These Memorials

Austin Motor Company WW1 Roll of Honour No 2 now in Northfield Royal British Legion Club
Catshill War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Catshill War Memorial as Allen Crawford.
Austin Motor Company WW1 Roll of Honour No 2 now in Northfield Royal British Legion Club on the Supplementary List as Allen Crawford under Workpeople with the information: Worcs. Regt. M. G. Section.

Further Information About CRAWFORD Henry Allen

Service No incorrectly given as 30452 on Soldiers Died in the Great War.

Henry Allen Crawford was born at Catshill near Bromsgrove in 1892, the son of Henry and Sarah Crawford nee Houghton.  Henry was a labourer and the family resided at Golden Cross Lane Catshill.  The couple had 7 children including:
Sarah Ann Crawford born 1888
Henry Allen Crawford born 1892
Lillie Crawford born 1893
Sarah Crawford born 1900

Henry Allen Crawford was by profession a labourer.  He enlisted at Bromsgrove on 11th December 1915.  He was posted to his regiment on 8th February 1916 and was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 13th May 1916, joining his regiment at Camiers on 26th July 1916.  During July 1916 he was hospitalised with influenza.

Obituary taken from the Bromsgrove Droitwich and Redditch Messenger 19th August 1916:
Mr H. Crawford of Golden Cross Lane, Catshill has been informed that his only son Private Allen Crawford, Machine Gun section, Worcestershire Regiment, was killed in action on August 6th.  His commanding officer, in a letter to his parents expresses the sympathy of all his comrades, and says deceased was killed instantly by a shell which fell among his section killing him and wounding two others.  He was in the front trenches at the time.  He was buried behind the firing line and a wooden cross has been placed over his grave.  Private Crawford was 24 years of age and enlisted in February last.  After being in training he was sent to the front on June 24th.  Before enlisting he was employed at the Austin Motor Works, Longbridge.

A photograph of Private H.A. Crawford of Catshill can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 9th September 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The following information has been researched by Andrew Bate:
1901 Census
Blackfriars Road, North Bromsgrove
Henry Crawford, head, aged 39, Bricklayers Labourer
Sarah Crawford, wife, aged 38, Nailmaker
Sarah Ann Crawford, daughter, aged 13, Black Lead Maker
Allan Crawford, son, aged 9
Lily Crawford, daughter, aged 7
Alice Crawford, daughter, aged 11 months
All born Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Henry Allen Crawford has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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Credits: Additional information researched by Andy Frisby.