Walter Ernest Croker
Memorial: Wickwar - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Shoeing Smith Gunner 10804
Parents: Henry and Elizabeth Croker (nee Sansum)
Home address: Bagstone, Cromhall, Nr Charfield
Pre-war occupation: Carpenter in a brewery in 1911
Date of birth: 1890
Place of birth: Eastville, Bristol
Date of death: 28/03/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery (Ref: I. J. 19.), Foncquevillers, France
Age: 28
Further information:
Walter Ernest Croker was born in 1890 in Eastville in Bristol. His parents were Henry and Elizabeth Croker. His mother's maiden name was Sansum. His brother Reginald also died in the war. He had 2 nieces called Gladys and Ivy Brown. In 1911 his family lived at Bagstone, Cromhall, Nr Charfield. His father had worked as a general labourer in a quarry and was born in Bristol. His widowed (?) mother lived in the High Street, Wickwar. Walter was working as a carpenter in a brewery in 1911. His surname sometimes appears incorrectly as Crocker in censuses
Walter enlisted in Bristol and joined “A” Battery, 190th Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery. He became a Shoeing Smith. He died in March 1918 at about the age of 28
Walter Ernest Croker is buried in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery in France. He is remembered on the Wickwar war memorials and the Chipping Sodbury Cottage Hospital Memorial Board which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals
Walter Ernest Crocker is remembered on the Wickwar Holy Trinity Church Memorial, the Wickwar Village Hall Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Wickwar
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