John Henry Croft

Name

John Henry Croft

Conflict

First World War

Date of Death / Age

04/02/1917
21

Rank, Service Number & Service Details

Able Seaman
K.P/384
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Drake Bn. Royal Naval Division.

Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards

Not Yet Researched

Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country

QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY
IV. B. 16.
France

UK & Other Memorials

Rickmansworth Town Memorial
St Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Rickmansworth

Pre War

Born on 28 Aug 1895 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire son of John H. and Jane Croft and living in 73 Church Street, Rickmansworth in 1911. He became a gardener.

Wartime Service

Enlisted as 13939 Private, York & Lancaster Regiment on 7 Sep 1914 & transferred to RNVR at Crystal Palace on 10 Sep 1914. He was killed in action.

Acknowledgments

Malcolm Lennox