Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial | Face 5. Kirkee | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 28D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Mr. Alexander and Mrs. Laura May Cracroft-Wilson, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.Buyer (1913).
See See also: Rootsweb for more context, which includes the following statement:
"Many British army people in India spent leave in India and some settled in New Zealand after being discharged from the army. When the men had finished their time in New Zealand many were merely transferred back to England or Australia or India when the regiment was transferred back - where ever they were needed. Some took their discharge here in NZ. Some ended up in England after service overseas as they were "sent home" due to illness."
He is remembered on the New Zealand War Graves Project and also in: See also: NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE ROLL OF HONOUR - NEW ZEALANDERS KILLED WHILST SERVING IN OTHER FORCES
He is commemorated on Face 5 of the Kirkee War Memorial.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 4/South Wales Borderers |
4th (Service) Battalion August 1914 : formed at Brecon as part of K1 and attached to 40th Brigade, 13th (Western) Division. Moved to Park House Camp at Tidworth and in October 1914 went on to Chisledon. Was in billets in Cirencester by December 1914. Moved to Woking in March 1915 and embarked at Avonmouth on 29 June 1915, going to Gallipoli vuia Mudros and landing on Gallipoli on 15 July 1915. Moved to Mudros in January 1916 and subsequently served in Egypt and Mesopotamia. |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | United Manawatu No. 1721 E.C. | New Zealand (North Island) |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
18th April 1913 | 18th July 1913 | 8th May 1914 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley