Main CPGW Record
Surname: CROWTHER
Forename(s): Norman
Place of Birth: Rastrick, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Suffolk Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battalion
Division: 74th (Yeomanry) Division
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1918-10-14
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: V. A. 6.
CWGC Cemetery: AUBERS RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, AUBERS
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: LINTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Norman Crowther was the son of Arthur and Mary Catherine Crowther, née Aspinall. Arthur was born at Lindley near Huddersfield and Mary at Thornbury near Bradford, Yorkshire.
1891 Rastrick, Yorkshire Census: Elm Grove - Baby Crowther, aged under 1 month, born Rastrick, son of Arthur and Mary Catherine Crowther.
1901 Rastrick, Yorkshire Census: 118, Rastrick Common - Norman Crowther, aged 10 years, born Rastrick, son of Arthur and Mary C. Crowther.
1911 Grassington, Yorkshire Census: Morningside - Norman Crowther, aged 20 years, born Rastrick, Yorkshire, son of Arthur and Mary Catherine Crowther. [Address is given as 47, Hall Royd, Shipley near Bradford on census form.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Norman Crowther, 241706, East Kent Regiment & 2/Lt Cheshire Regiment (attd to 15th Suffolk Regiment). Theatre of War first served in: Egypt. Date of entry therein: 19 November 1917. Correspondence: A. Crowther Esq. (Father), Brooklyn, Grassington, Yorks.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: 2 Lt N. Crowther, 3rd Bn Cheshire att Suffolk. Date and Place of Death: 4.10.18. [sic] K. in A. To whom issued/Amount: Exors. - Arthur Crowther Esqr. Mrs. Mary Crowther. £105 5s. 4d.
The 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment was formed in Egypt from the dismounted Suffolk Yeomanry on the 5 January 1917.
A short biography of Norman is included in: ‘Swaledale & Wharfedale Remembered – Aspects of Dales’ life through peace and war’ by Keith Taylor (2006).
See also: https://www.bradfordgrammar.com/former-pupils/bradford-grammar-school-in-ww1/
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: ---
---
Click the thumbnail below to view a larger image.
2nd Lieutenant Norman CROWTHER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Suffolk Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 74th (Yeomanry) Division
---
Comment on this Soldier Record
You can leave comments on this soldier record. Please note all comments will be manually approved before they appear on the website.
Although he does not appear on the War Memorial and it is not acknowledged in his CPGW profile, Norman Crowther was also a pupil at the Bradford Grammar School 1902-1908. In his final year he was in 6th Mathematical. He must have attended Pannal Ash College prior to B.G.S. (I know of more than one O.B. who did) and he is on that institution’s memorial (https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/67514).