Personal Profile

Gnr. Crabbe, Thomas Henry

Gunner

Date of Birth: 16/3/1896, Sketty (CENS)
Occupation: Tinsmith
Enlisted - Date: 7/4/1915
Other service: 332 & 745143, 53rd DAC
Demobilised: 7/2/1919

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 16/3/1896, Sketty. Parents -Henry James & Sarah Ann

1901 - 27 Rowland Ter, Cockett, Swansea. 5yo. W parents & 3 sibs

1911 - 5 Kimberly Road, Sketty, Swansea. 16yo. Occ-Tinsmith. W parents & 7 younger sibs

1921 - 25y3m. Occ-Labourer, Swansea Corporation. W parents & 7 younger sibs

1923 - Married Emily Gertrude Humphreys, Q3, Swansea

1939 - 36 Tycoch Rd, Swansea. DOB 16/3/1896. Occ-Gardener & Hospital Handyman. W Emmie G, Joan (1924) & redacted

1948 - Died aged 53, 5 Jan 1948, 36 Tycoch Rd, Swansea. Effects to widow, Emmie Gertrude

Address:
16 Kimberley Road Sketty
Swansea (PENS)

Military Service

No SR, no confirmed Brigade service no

Enl 7/4/1915, likely Swansea. serv no 1282-1292 (based on enlist date)

Transferred to 53rd DAC, No.332, later 745143

13/11/1917 - WO Daily List 5415. Wound Stripe GSW-groin

Disch 7/2/19 - Sick SWB

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 23/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Discharged - Reason: Para 392 (XVIa) Sick Wound
Disabilities (Pens): GSW Groin
Final Unit: 315 Bde
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(SWB)(PENS)

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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