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Edward John Croft

Rank Ship's Corporal 1st Class
Service Number 219160
Born 5 Sep 1886 Stevenage

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Portsmouth
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HMS Caroline

Class C class Light Cruiser

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Decorations SWB; 1914-15 Star; Victory & British War Medals Joined 10 Jan 1902 Enlistment 5 Sep 1904 Next of kin address England More info Gave a false age upon enlistment. Joined as a Boy on 10 January 1902. Started his Continuous Service on 5 September 1904. Address on 1911 census: Royal Naval Barracks and Officers Quarters, Victory Main Gate, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Subsequently medically discharged 29 November 1917. Died in 1919. Died on 30 March 1919 as a shell shock patient, Knowle, Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum. Commemorated by the CWGC.