Basic Details
Surname
Crowley
Forenames
J C
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
John Cyril
Served or died
Died
Notes
Entered College in Michaelmas Term, 1896. B.A., 1899; M.A., 1904. Joined the family business (The Crowley & Co. brewing business). A member of Croydon Borough Council for 6 years. Commenced service 6 October 1906. Second Lieutenant of the 4th Battalion (Territorial), Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment); Lieutenant, 1908. Mobilized 4 August, 1914. Captain, 1916. Served in India, 1914 – 1916; Mesopotamia, 1916. Killed in action in Nasiriyeh, Mesopotamia, 11 September 1916. CWGC provides his place of burial.
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Mesopotamia (Iraq)
Town of death
Nasiriyeh
Country of burial
Iraq
Town of burial
Basra
Cemetery
War Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
11
Age at death
28
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action