CRISP Ernest Geoffrey

  • First Name(s):
    Ernest 
    Geoffrey 
  • Surname:
    CRISP
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    15th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    16th December 1915
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Suzanne Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Grave B. 4.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Only son of Sarah Ellen Crisp, of Garth, Llanbedr, Merionethshire, and the late George Crisp

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

CRISP Ernest Geoffrey Is Named On These Memorials

Evesham Rowing Club
Evesham St Lawrence’s Church
Evesham War Memorial

Further Information About CRISP Ernest Geoffrey

Native of Evesham, Worcestershire.

The inscription on the memorial reads:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
ERNEST GEOFFREY CRISP
2ND LIEUTENANT 15TH BATTALION
ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT
AND ONLY SON OF GEORGE E. CRISP
OF EVESHAM, KILLED IN ACTION IN
FRANCE DECEMBER 16TH 1915 AND
INTERRED AT SUZANNE. AGED 24
______
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
______
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY
BY HIS FATHER MOTHER AND SISTER

The 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment was also known as the Birmingham Pals Battalion.  The battalion landed in France at Boulogne on 21st November 1915, Second Lieutenant Ernest Crisp was killed only a few weeks later on 16th December 1915.

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Credits: Additional information researched and transcribed by Mark Dewdney.