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Surname: CRYER
Forename(s): Clarence
Place of Birth: Wheatley Lane, Lancashire
Service No: 2032
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 1/5th Battalion
Division: 42nd (East Lancashire) Division
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1915-12-18
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. B. 72.
CWGC Cemetery: TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Clarence Cryer was the son of John and Margaret Cryer, née Windle. John was born at Wheatley Lane and Margaret at Fence, Lancashire.
1891 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 42, Gordon Road - Clarence Cryer, aged 5 years, born Wheatley Lane, Booth, Lancashire, son of John and Margaret Cryer.
1901 Reedley Hallows, Lancashire Census: Quaker Bridge - Clarence Cryer, aged 15 years, born Wheatley Lane, Lancashire, son of John and Margaret Cryer.
Clarence was married to Gertrude Blanche Mason in 1905.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: Stoney Bank Road - Clarence Cryer, aged 24 years, born Wheatley Lane, Lancashire, husband of Gertrude Blanche Cryer.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Clarence Cryer, 2032, East Lancashire Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (2B) [Balkans]. Date of entry therein: 10 May 1915.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
CRYER, Lance Corporal Clarence, aged 29, E.L.R., Earlham Terrace, [Earby], killed in action in Gallipoli Dec. 18, 1915.
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L/Corporal Clarence CRYER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 42nd (East Lancashire) Division
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