CRUTCHER, Horace

Credit: CWGC

Lance Bombardier

8th Divison Ammunition Column

Royal Field Artillery

Horace was born 1895 in Newport to James & Amy CRUTCHER. In 1901 the family lived at 23 Scarrotts Lane in Newport & by 1911 they had moved to Merryl Cottage in Godshill. 1915 in Portsmouth Horace married Eva BROOMFIELD.

Horace, aged 23, was Killed in Action on the 27th of August 1918 & rests in Section VIII Row A Grave 10 in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery in France beneath a Commission Headstone alongside 1,727 of his First World War comrades.

Horace is also remembered on the County, Newport Borough & Godshill War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.