John Morley Crampton
Service Number
17390
Military Unit
1st Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers
Date of birth
Date of Death
01 Dec 1917 (21 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was an errand boy in 1911.
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Family History
John Morley Crampton was born in 1896 the son of Morley a receiving clerk and Annie Elizabeth Crampton (née Lucas.) Morley was born in 1872 at Mansfield, Annie Lucas in 1870 also at Mansfield. Married in 1895, they had four children - John Morley b.1896 Dublin, Winifred Annie b.1898 Sherwin Street, Nottingham, Albert Edwin b.1901 Beeston Rylands and Florence Kate b.1903 Beeston Rylands. In 1911, they lived at 52, Trafalgar Road, Beeston Rylands. At the time of John’s death his family were living at 4 Balmoral Road, Dumfries.
Military History
John Morley Crampton enlisted at Dumfries whilst livinging there
Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Grave Reference: V C 14
Extra Information
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Photographs
John Morley Crampton
Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery.
Courtesy of Murray Biddle