This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 A. Crocker (Abraham Crocker) Service no 5308 Private, London Regiment, 1st/20th Battalion Died aged about 33 on 1 October 1916 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the censuses In 1911 Abraham Crocker, from Crewkerne, Somerset, was employed as a carman for a building contractor. He lived at 2 Layham Cottage, Stockwell with his brother, John Crocker, 45, a labourer at a brewery, and his sister-in-law Annie Crocker, 46, also born in Crewkerne. The family lived in 4 rooms. The children of John and Annie Crocker were Elise Annie Crocker, 13 Mabel Elizabeth Crocker, 12 Gladys Sarah Crocker, 11 Florence Crocker, registered on the 1901 census as 2 months old, does not appear on the 1911 census. The family were then living at 22 Carroun Road. All the children were born in Lambeth. |
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 THESE WERE OUR SONS: Stories from Stockwell War Memorial by Naomi Lourie Klein. Every name is listed, with biographies for all those identified. The introduction gives an overview and the story of how the memorial was erected. £3 from every copy sale goes directly to the Friends of Stockwell War Memorial and Gardens Available from www.elefantbooks.com. £8.99 plus £2.75 p&p Special deals for SW8 and SW9 residents ♦ Charles Parker - family man and engineer ♦ The four Rance brothers ♦ Triple tragedy: the Desaleux brothers ♦ Samuel Levy's wife ♦ Frank Mason, 16, the youngest ♦ Cecil Philcox - Military Cross winner ♦ Chris Dartnell - shell shocked ♦ Cecil Philcox - killed in training ♦ Harold J. Hill - a riddle solved ♦ Harry Albert Nixon - syphilis treatment and conduct charges |
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