Basic Details
Surname
Craythorne
Forenames
Johns Harry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Craythorn
Alternative forename
Harry Johnson
Served or died
Died
Service number
18886
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 13 School Place. It misrecords him as "Johns Harry Craythorne", and his date of death as 9/7/1918.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal Harry Johnson Craythorn, regimental number G/18886, died aged 20 on 10/7/1918 serving in the 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, and is buried in grave P.16 at Cambrin Military Cemetery in France. They record him as the son of Robert J and Florence Johnson Craythorn of 24 French Drove, Thorney, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War likewise records his date of death as 10/7/1918, and his name as Harry Johnson Craythorn, which is the name under which his birth was registered in Peterborough in 1898).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Sussex
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Cambrai
Cemetery
Cambrai Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
July
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 9 July 1918 [sic] and buried at Cambrai [sic] Military Cemetery"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
13, SCHOOL PLACE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial