Basic Details
Surname
Croker-King
Forenames
Charles
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Recovered 21.08.2023 from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2096443/charles-richard-boris-f-croker-king/
TROOPER CHARLES RICHARD BORIS F. CROKER-KING
Service Number: 7902494
Royal Armoured Corps
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
Date of Death 22 November 1941 Age 25 years old
Buried KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 2. G. 23. Libya
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Charles Croker-King was born in Thanet in Kent in 1916. His father was Charles
Harold Croker-King born in 1874 and who died in Dorchester in 1951. His mother
Annie Elizabeth (but known as Dorothy) Croker-King (nee Marsdin) was born in
1872 and died in Surrey in 1970. They were married in Islington in 1898 and had a
daughter Rosemary as well as their son Charles. His Grandfather was Colonel
Charles Edgar Croker-King of the Seaforth Highlanders.
His parents Charles and Dorothy lived at ‘Whipplethatch’ (now known as The
Farmers Arms), Mill Lane, Chideock.
Charles died in action on 22nd November 1941 aged 25 years. He is ‘Remembered with
Honour’ at TheKnightsbridge War Cemetery which is a war grave located in Acroma,
Libya 25 km west of Tobruk. It is the resting place of 3,651 Commonwealth servicemen.
Primary Service
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Death and Burial details
Country of death
Libya
Country of burial
Libya
Cemetery
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 2. G. 23. Libya
Year of death
1941
Month of death
November
Day of death
22
Age at death
25
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action