In Memory Of

CROCKETT, JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 11659
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-09-20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road). Reported as having been in shell hole with Lance Corporal Taylor and 7 other men when a shell hit shell hole directly
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.
Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
Son of May and the late Joseph Crockett, of Brechin, Scotland.