Name
Hugh Wilson Cruddas (DSO)
2 Feb 1868
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/01/1916
48
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
41st Dogras, Bengal Infantry
Attached 4th Bn. Suffolk Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Distinguished Service Order
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
I. K. 20.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Arkley memorials
Pre War
Son of John and Annie Cruddas, of Scotswood, Arkley, Herts. born 2nd February 1868 in India.
In the 1881 Census he living at 44 Mansfield Street, Westgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne, with grandparents and siblings.
He married Alice Cruddas, nee Medhurst in India and was a serving officer before WW1.
He was Gazetted Lieutenant, Royal Irish Regiment in 1889. and the to Captain, Indian Army in 1900.
Wartime Service
Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army, 41st Dogras Indian Army, attached 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, Awarded a D.S.O. in 1915 for actions at Neuve Chapelle.
He was shot while directing the securing of a German mine crater between the lines; died in the Suffolk trenches shortly afterwards.
In addition of the War medals and the DSO he also had the China War Medal (Silver) (Boxer Rebellion)
Additional Information
Back pay and gratuities of £6 16s 7d paid to widow
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Taff Williams
Jonty Wild
