See also

Family of Douglas CROZIER and Amy BEARD

  • Husband:

  • Douglas CROZIER (1920-1943)

  • Wife:

  • Amy BEARD ( - )

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1942

  • RD - Chelmsford

Husband: Douglas CROZIER

  • Name:

  • Douglas CROZIER

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John William CROZIER (1876?-1964)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Mary RUFFELL (1882-1970)

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1920

  • RD - Chelmsford

  • Military Service:

  • bef 1939 (age 18-19)

  • 5th Essex (Territorials) Regiment

  •  

  • as a Drummer Boy

  • Military Service:

  • aft 1939 (age 18-19)

  • 1/7th Battalion of the Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

  •  

  • He was mobilised at the outbreak of war and sent to France where he served as Serjeant 6012237 in the 1/7th Battalion of The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). He was a survivor of Dunkirk and for his service in the retreat to there he had been mentioned in dispatches.

  • Death:

  • 11 May 1943 (age 22-23)

  • on active service in Tunisia

  •  

  • On 11th March 1943 Douglas was fatally wounded in north Africa by a pair of landmines which exploded whilst he was on patrol near the Marenth Line in Tunisia. He had to be left there until rescue parties returned, but when they did so there was no trace of him. He was subsequently presumed to have died from his wounds.

  • Probate:

  • 14 Feb 1944

  • Ipswich, Suffolk

  •  

  • of 4 West Avenue, Chelmsford on or since 10 March 1943 on war service. Admin to Amy Crozier widow £113 16s 4d.

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery

  •  

  • grave 17. E. 5.

Wife: Amy BEARD

  • Name:

  • Amy BEARD

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -