Harold Clarence Crew
Memorial: Hanham - High Street
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private 5674341
Parents: Samuel and Beatrice Crew
Marital status: Married
Home address: 6 Wiltshire Avenue, Hanham, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Bitton Paper Mill
Date of birth: 1919
Place of birth: Keynsham, Bristol
Date of death: 27/05/1940
Buried/Commemorated at: Bruyelle War Cemetery (Ref. II. C. 14.), Hainaut, Belgium
Age: 21
Further information:
Both of Harold’s parents died before he was 5 years old. He attended Samuel Whites School and Hanham Road School. He was a fitness fanatic. Every day he rode his bicycle from home to Bitton and back home again, with a half hundred weight pack on his back. He married Olive E Jenkins in October 1939 at Kingswood
Harold served with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
His name has been inscribed on the War memorial plaque at Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information is based by kind permission on the following sources:
1) Booklet ‘Not Just a Name on Stone’ by Hanham Local History Society
2) Thanks to Mr R Crew and Mrs. M Antill of Hanham Local History society for their help
3) Jo Hurst, researcher for the South Gloucestershire Second World War Stories Project