Name
George Croucher
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/02/1920
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
12570
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BUSHEY (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD
I, near West end of Church.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St James’ Church Memorial, Bushey, Not on the Bushey memorials(*1)
Pre War
Born in Watford in 1890, George Croucher was the son of Robert and Harriet (née Kingham) Croucher, who’s marriage was registered in 1875 in the Watford district. George was one of eight children, three of whom died during childhood.
The family lived initially at Watford Fields but, by the time George was eleven, they had moved to 5 Lower Paddock Road, Oxhey.
His father was a general labourer.
Wartime Service
George enlisted as Private 12570 in the 1st Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served as a Corporal on the Western Front. His battalion embarked for France and Flanders in the first elements of the British Expeditionary Force on 13 August 1914.
On 13 December 1915, the battalion was transferred to 99th Brigade in 2nd Division. They were involved in the retreat from Mons, the Battle of Loos and the Battle of the Somme. The 1st Battalion ended the war in the same formations on 11 Nov 1918 at Escarmain, north of Solesmes in France.
George Croucher died at home on 5 February 1920, aged 29. His pension record card states this was due to a fractured femur and pneumonia.
He is remembered with honour in Bushey churchyard.
Additional Information
Information provided with the kind permission of Bushey First World War Commemoration Project – Please visit www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk. *1 Records found have recorded his birthplace as Watford. This may be the case, however Watford was the main postal location given for nearby villages and hamlets, so it may be that this information is misleading. If more accurate information found this will be updated.
Acknowledgments
Andrew Palmer
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
