Crook, Redvers Charles –

NOTE:- Served as Charles Crook. Son of Charles and Sarah Louise Crook (nee Crouch), of 12, Newton Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted at Farnworth 13/03/1915 as Private 20720, 15th Bn., Welsh Regiment, and discharged as not likely to become an efficient soldier 21/05/1915. Claimed to be 19 years and 20 days old. Re-enlisted in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Bolton claiming to be 19 years and six months old, but was in fact only 16.

Personal details

  • Surname: Crook
  • Forename: Redvers Charles
  • Date of birth: February 22nd, 1900
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: Not known
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: 6918
  • Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
  • Enlistment date: September 20th, 1915 - 1915-09-20
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

  • Service medals: NONE - NOT ELIGIBLE
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 19/03/1915 24/09/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7g 7f

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