Youngest son of John and Sarah Ann Crank, of 34, Starcliffe Street, Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Wireless radio operator. Also Royal Flying Corps. Wounded 24/04/1917 and subsequently died from his injuries.
Crankshaw, Edward –
Son of Samuel and Betsy Crankshaw, of 49, Victoria Street, Morecambe, Lancashire. Formerly of 4, Horatio Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Killed in Action, south east of Bazuel.
Critchley, Herbert –
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Arrowsmith, of 23, Mercia Street, Willows Lane, Bolton, Lancashire.
Croft, Samuel –
Son of the late James and Sarah Croft; husband of Sarah Croft, of 3, Worcester Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted February 1915.
Croft, Stanley Raymond –
Son of William and Mary Ann Croft, of 23, Montpelier, Edinburgh. Of 71, Beaconsfield Street, Bolton, Lancashire. He had been in training at Curragh Camp for the previous four months and come home on leave 13/07/1917 following 2 weeks in hospital with a sprained ankle following an accidental fall. Interred 19/07/1917 at Bolton (Heaton) Cemetery. Recorded as 1st Reserve Regiment. of Lancers on Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour. Also recorded as Stanley Raymond Croft in local newspaper.
Croft, James –
Son of James and Annie Croft, of Cooper’s Farm, Egerton, Turton, Lancashire.
Croft, James –
Husband of Mrs. Croft, of 41, Rawsthorne Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Worked for the London and North Western Railway Company as a Goods Porter at Bolton, Lancashire. Died from pneumonia at 3rd Canadian Hospital, France.
Croft, John –
Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ann Croft, of 65, Daisy Street, Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Mrs Croft, of 26, Cambria Street, Willows Lane, Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire. Caught aged 23 as an absentee from Aldershot since 13/09/1915 appearing before Bolton Magistrates 17/09/1915 to be sent back to his unit under escort. (Bolton Archives: JBO/1/26). Formerly Private 16118, 9th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment; formerly Private 8728 1st/5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Reported missing since 30/11/1917 and subsequently confirmed prisoner of war. Died whilst prisoner of war having been shot in the stomach by a German guard. Eldest of three brothers to serve in the war.
Crompton, Stanley C –
Son of Henry and Ann Jane Crompton, of 42, Higher Swan Lane, Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire. A member of the Bolton corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Formerly an orderly at the Welsh Hospital, Netley. Nephew of Sergeant Major Rushton.
Crompton, Thomas –
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Crompton, of 48, Union Road, Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Ruth Crompton, of 32, Clarendon Road, Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire. Wounded in the head in 1915.
Crompton, Thomas –
Son of Thomas and Mary Alice Crompton, of 33, Bristol Avenue, Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Margaret Alice (Maggie) Crompton (nee Grime), of 12, Pedder Street, Bolton, Lancashire, and formerly of 10, Turner Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted June 1915. His younger brother James also fell.
Crompton, William –
Son of Mrs. E. A. Crompton, of 63, Broughton Street, Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire, and formerly of 39, Broughton Street, Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Jane Perris (formerly Crompton), of 68, Haydock Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Address at enlistment 512, Manning Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Previously served 8 years in the Cameronians. Killed in Action near Reninghelst.
Crompton, William –
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Crompton, of 11, Newton Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted in 15th Bn., Sherwood Foresters April 1915.
Crompton, William –
Son of Thomas and Mary Alice Crompton, of 33, Bristol Avenue, Bolton, Lancashire.
Crompton, William James –
Son of James Rigg Crompton and Amelia Crompton, of 47, McKean Street, Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly 4001, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Crompton, Edwin Rupert –
Eldest son of John Walter and Ann Ellen Crompton, of 251, Deane Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted May 1915. Attached 55th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Wounded by gunshot to the head with compound fracture of the skull 25/01/1917, and died at Salford Royal Hospital.
Crompton, Harry –
Son of Henry and Mary Jane Crompton, of 13, Tavistock Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly Private 2012, 5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Crompton, James –
Son of Thomas and Mary Alice Crompton, of 33, Bristol Avenue, Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire. Died in hospital in Boulogne. His elder brother Thomas also fell.
Crompton, Alfred –
Son of Alfred and Eleanor Crompton, of 24, Simpson Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly worked for the Bolton Chronicle. Two brothers also served.
Crompton, James Henry –
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Crompton, of 119, Weston Street, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Mrs. Crompton, of 23, Gregson Field, Bolton, Lancashire. Victoria Wesleyan Chapel.