CRUMPTON William

There is no record of this casualty on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or Soldiers Died in the Great War.

1901 Census
Attwood Street, Halesowen
Joseph Crumpton, head, aged 35, Paddler Ironworks
Philis Crumpton, wife, aged 35
William Crumpton, son, aged 13, born Halesowen, Worcs
Jane Crumpton, daughter, aged 9
Agnes Crumpton, daughter, aged 7
Samuel Crumpton, son, aged 4

William Crumpton had originally enlisted in the army on 4th September 1914 but his earlier service papers do not appear to have survived. He re-attested as Private 18395, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry on 21st June 1915 at Eastbourne. On his attestation form he gave his place of birth as Dudley, his age as 27 years 1 month and his occupation as a Striker. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs Phyllis Crumpton, 46 Attwood Place, Hawne, Halesowen, Birmingham. William was discharged as medically unfit due to tuberculosis on 9th July 1915. A short memorandum dated 4th May 1916 records him as ‘Dead’.

The death of William Crumpton aged 28 is registered in the September Quarter 1915 under the Stourbridge Registration District.