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, Edwin Rupert –
Personal details
- Surname: Crompton
- Forename: Edwin Rupert
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 26
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: June 7th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Driver
- Unit: Mechanical Transport.
- Service number: M2/099727
- Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- CWGC Memorial: Bolton (Heaton) Cemetery, Lancashire, UK
- CWGC reference: 2. 12. (C.H.). 84.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 28/05/1915 16/03/1917 15/06/1917 15/06/1917 07/12/1917 07/06/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7g 6f 4h 6d* S17* 6f
- Bolton Chronicle: 15/06/1917