
ANDOVER
WORLD WAR 2
World War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and copyright © Gill Cannell and Andrew Dishman 2018
SURNAMES
C
CLARKE |
Alfred
Warner |
Aircraftman
1st Class 770819, 22 Group, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Fighter
Command. Killed in an enemy air raid on Andover airfield 14 August
1940. Aged 35. Son of John Baptiste Corneileus and Ellen Jane Clarke;
husband of Anne Elizabeth (nee Parrott) Clarke, of Stanmore, Winchester,
married October to December Quarter 1933 in Andover Registration
District, Hampshire. Buried in ANDOVER CEMETERY, Hampshire. Plot
H. Grave 12. |
COOMBES |
Edward
[Charles] |
Corporal
5494961, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action
in Siciliy 31 July 1943. Aged 31. Born Somerset, resident Hampshire.
Son of William Charles and Louisa Kate Coombes; husband of Violet
Annie (nee Brown) Coombes, of Andover, Hampshire, married January
to March Quarter 1939 in Andover Registration District, Hampshire.
Buried in CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, Italy. Plot I. Row J.
Grave 22.
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CROCKER |
Wilfrid
John Mitchell |
Lieutenant
256500, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps.
Died of wounds 20 October 1944, Aged 21. Born 10 April 1923 in Kent,
resident Hampshire. Son of General Sir John T. Crocker, G.C.B.,
K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., A.D.C., and Lady Crocker, of Weyhill, Hampshire.
Wounded in North-West Europe 29 August 1944 and remained on duty.
In the 1939 Register he was a student at Canford School Wimborne,
Poole, Dorset. Buried in UDEN WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Plot 3. Row H. Grave 1. |
CROSBY |
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