Reginald Clifford Croker
Memorial: Wickwar - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 10140
Parents: Henry and Elizabeth Croker (nee Sansum)
Home address: Bagstone, Cromhall, Nr Charfield
Date of birth: 1897
Place of birth: Eastville, Bristol
Date of death: 07/11/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Thiepval Memorial (Ref. Pier and Face 9A 9B and 10B), France
Age: 18
Further information:
Reginald Clifford Croker was born in 1897 in Eastville in Bristol. His parents were Henry and Elizabeth Croker. His mother’s maiden name was Sansum. He had a brother, Walter, who also died in the war. He had 2 nieces called Gladys and Ivy Brown. In 1911 his family lived at Bagstone, Cromhall, near Charfield. His father had worked as a general labourer in a quarry and he was born in Bristol. His widowed (?) mother lived in the High Street, Wickwar. His surname sometimes appears incorrectly as Crocker in censuses
Reginald enlisted in Bristol and served with the 11th Battalion of the Warwickshire Regiment as a private. He died in November 1915 at the age of 18. He was awarded the Victory, British War and the 1914/15 Star medals
Reginald Cifford Croker is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France. He is also remembered on the Wickwar Holy Trinity Church Memorial, the Wickwar Village Hall Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury Cottage Hospital Memorial Board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and the book 'Lest We Forget' by Arthur Threlfall Searson. Forces War Records and CWGC