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956. A/Sgt. Crocker, Alfred

Acting Sergeant

Date of Birth: 1880 (SR), St Marys, Swansea (SR)
Occupation: Tallyman at Docks (SR-F), Shunter (RAA)
Previous Serv: 1st Welsh (How) Bde. Completed Service
Enlisted - Date: 5/9/1914
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 956
Service O/S: Home: 5/9/14 - 23/10/16
Demobilised: 23/10/1916
Awards: SWB.
Post-war Serv: 721765, Sgt, RFA (T) (29/5/20 - 17/7/22)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 1880 2nd Q, Swansea. Parents - David & Mary A

1881 - 16 Caepstyll St, Swansea. 10m. W PArents & sister Annie. DAvid- Engine Driver in Fuel Works

1901 - not found

1902 - Alfred Miner Crocker Married Lydia Dennis. 23/8/1902. St Peters, Swansea. Occ-Porter. Add-Hafod St. Father - David (Engine Driver)

1911 - 92 Kilney Rd, Foxhole?, Sweansea. 30yo. )cc-Chemical Worker-Oxalic Acid. W wife, Lydia & Minnie (1904), Lydia (1908), Annie (1910)

5ft 7.25. Fresh complexion, Greyish Green Eyes, Dark Brown hair.

1921 - 39 Hafod St, Hafod, Swansea. 41y1m. Occ-Shunter, Baldwins Ltd Steel Works, Landore, Swansea. W wife, <immie, Lydia Annie and David (1913)

1939 - 22 East St, Swansea. DOB 4/5/1880. Occ-Shunter. W wife and David

1941 - Died Aged 61, 3rd Q

Personal Info: Wife - Lydia Dennis. 39 Hafod St, Swansea (Married - 23/8/02, Swansea)
Address:
39 Hafod Street
Swansea (SR-F)

Military Service

Prev serv w 1st Welsh (How) Bde (completed service) - poss No 15, A Croker

Enl 5/9/14, Depot (promoted Cpl) 16/10/14

2/1st Glam Bty a/Sgt 27/3/15

68 DAC a/Sgt 2/9/16

Disch 23/10/16 under 392 (xvi) KR (physically unfit, chr Bronchitis)

Re-enl 29/5/20, Swansea. Sgt. Disch - 17/7/22

1st Welsh Unit: 2/1 Glam Bty (27/3/15)
Discharged - Reason: No longer Physically fit for War Service. Ch Bronchitis. 395XVI.
Final Unit: 68th Div Amm Column
Sources: (SR)(SWB)(PENS)(RAA)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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