Frederick Cyril CROCKER

Abt 1888 - 1915  (~ 27 years)

• Name	Frederick Cyril CROCKER  [1, 2]
  Born	Abt 1888	Stornoway Lewis, Rosshire, Scotland   [1]
  	He was born in Stornaway.
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	He served in the First World War and gave his life.
  Died	1 Jun 1915  [3, 4]
  	Frederick Cyril CROCKER, Sergeant in the Northumberland Fusiliers; Unit text: "A" Coy. 1st/6th Bn., age 27, died 1 June 1915; Service No. 1865. His death appeared in the newspaper: Personal War Notes: Sergt. Frederick Cyril CROCKER, of the 6th Northumberland Fusiliers [ineligible], son of Lieut. John CROCKER, Divisional Officer of Coastguards, of Southend and Portishead, was wounded in the ankle at the battle of St. Julien, and while lying injured a shrapnel shell burst and fractured the spine, from which he died. The funeral took place at Ipswich on Friday. Published in Chelmsford Chronicle, 11 June 1915.
  Buried	Ipswich Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England   [3]
  	Address: Ipswich Cemetery Ipswich, Suffolk, England
  	Grave/Memorial Reference: K. 14. 12A. In Memory of/ Serjeant FREDERICK CYRIL CROCKER/ 1865, "A" Coy. 1st/6th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers/ who died age 27/ on 01 June 1915/ Son of Lieut. John CROCKER, R.N. and Mrs. CROCKER, of Claremont, Portishead, Somerset; husband of Janet/ CROCKER, of 46, Ailsa St. East., Girvan, Ayrshire./ Remembered with honour/ IPSWICH CEMETERY
  Person ID	I8497	Nosworthy
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	John Brooking CROCKER,   b. 2 Feb 1855, Looe, Cornwall, England ,   d. 23 Jan 1936, Tilbury, Essex, England  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Annie BARDSLEY,   b. 26 Mar 1861, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. 6 Dec 1947, Portishead, Somerset, England  (Age 86 years)
  Married	6 Apr 1880	Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [1]
  Address	1881  [5]
  	18 Bruce St., Greenock West, Scotland
  Address	1891  [2]
  	Cairnryan, Inch, Wigtownshire, Scotland
  Address	1901  [6]
  	Fort Charlotte Chief Offrs. House, Lerwick, Scotland
  Address	1911  [7]
  	34 Kirkland Ave., Birkenhead, Cheshire
  Address	1915  [3]
  	Clairemont, Portishead, Somerset
  	Address at the time of their son Frederick's death on 1 June 1915.
  Family ID	F2125	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Janet MACLEOD,   b. Abt 1888,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	10 Jun 1911	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Address	1915  [3]
  	46 Ailsa St. East, Girvan, Ayrshire
  	Address at the time of Frederick's death on 1 June 1915.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2010
  Family ID	F2594	Group Sheet

  
  

• Headstones

  CROCKER In Memory of SERGEANT FREDERICK CYRIL CROCKER 1865, "A" Coy. 1st/6th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers who died age 27 on 01 June 1915 Son of Lieut. John Crocker, R.N. and Mrs. Crocker, of Claremont, Portishead, Somerset; husband of Janet Crocker, of 46, Ailsa St., East, Girvan, Ayrshire Remembered with honour

  
  

• Sources

  [S676] Personal communication. [S452] Census of Scotland, 1891. [S28] Website: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org). [S217] Newspaper. [S469] Census of Scotland, 1881. [S548] Census of Scotland, 1901. [S579] Census of England, 1911, (1 April 1911).