CROFT John Edward

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Edward 
  • Surname:
    CROFT
  • Service Number:
    18061
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    East Yorkshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    29th September 1915
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Loos Memorial, France, Panel 40 and 41.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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CROFT John Edward Is Named On These Memorials

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Further Information About CROFT John Edward

Additional information on the memorial: Private East Yorkshire Regiment

The birth of John Edward Croft is registered in the September Quarter 1895 under the Stone Registration District.

1901 Census
33 Old Road, Stone
Benjamin Croft, head, aged 45, Journeyman Butcher
Mary J. Croft, wife, aged 44
Alice Croft, daughter, aged 16
Mary J. Croft, daughter, aged 11
Arthur B. Croft, son, aged 9
Thomas Croft, son, aged 7
John E. Croft, son, aged 5
James W. Croft, son, aged 2

1911 Census
5 Arthur Street, Stone
Mary Jane Croft, head, aged 54, widow
Alice Croft, daughter, aged 26, Clerk
Mary Croft, daughter, aged 22, Bead Embroiderer
Arthur Croft, son, aged 19, Wood Sawyer (Joiners)
John Croft, son, aged 15, Butcher’s Apprentice
William Croft, son, aged 12, School

John Edward Croft was the brother of Arthur George Croft, Service No 12103 and Thomas Alexander Croft, Service No CH/16798.

John Croft has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Loos Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by Patricia Thompson and Sandra Taylor.