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South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Captain Lawrence Charles CROCKETT - Dental Surgeon, Royal Army Medical Corps


Died on Thursday, October 17th 1918 aged 22

lawrence crockett


Military History

     
Theatre of War Died Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Home 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Abington Churchyard
     
Arrived in War Theatre Date Commissioned SWFHS Area Memorials
15 Dec 1915 in Malta 1911 to 2nd Lt? Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial
    Warwick St. Paul
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Mobilised  
Died of Consumption 5 Aug 1914 at Northampton Other War Memorials 
    Ardingly College
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units Dallington
Mundesley Sanatorium / Hospital, Norfolk 4th Bn Northants Regiment  
     

Circumstances of Death

Lawrence died of Pleurisy and Consumption contracted while serving in Valetta, Malta on 17 Oct 1918 at Mundesley Hospital, Norfolk.

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
10 Apr 1881 in Northampton 8 May 1881 at Northampton, St. Lawrence          
   
Parents Names Abode
Sir James Henry Clifden and Lady Susannah Rose Crockett Dallington Lodge, Northampton
   
Wife Marriage Details
Olive Victoria [Mayne] 18 Jun 1914 at Richmond, Holy Trinity
   
Schools Colleges
Northampton Grammar Ardingly College
   
Address History Employment History
1881 - 83 Clare Street, Northampton 1891 - School
1891 - 53 Colwyn Road, Northampton 1901 - School
1901 - 36 East Park Parade, Northampton 1911 - School
1911 - Oundle School as a boarder 1911 - Worked for family shoe business - Crockett & Jones
1914 - West Rocks, Grande Parade, Eastbourne 1911 - Dental Surgeon / Territorial Army Officer
1915 - 16 Devonshire Place, Eastbourne 1914 - Dental Surgeon
   
  • Brother of Clifden James Crockett who also fell
  • Obtained degree in Dental Surgery in Pennsylvania
  • Qualified as L.D.S. in London
  • Also studied in Nachatel, Switzerland
  • Played Cricket for Northamptonshire
  • Clifden’s eldest sister, Emily Rose, married Ernest Harry Longland a former vicar at St Paul’s Church, Warwick
  • Warwick War Memorial Project Biography