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Robert Ashley Crowder

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortedatum:
24/04/1896
Geboorteplaats:
Thimbleby, Horncastle, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Algemene Informatie

Beroep:
zaad- en voederhandelaar

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Strijdmacht:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Service nummer:
764756
Dienstneming datum:
21/01/1917
Dienstneming plaats:
Duke's Road, Camden Town, Middlesex, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Eenheden:
 —  London Regiment, 1/28th Bn. (Artists' Rifles)  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
30/10/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
Varlet Farm - Source Trench, België
Doodsoorzaak:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Leeftijd:
21

Gedenkplaats

Tyne Cot Memorial
Paneel: 153A

Onderscheidingen en medailles 2

British War Medal
Medaille — 02/06/1922
Victory Medal
Medaille

Points of interest 2

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#2 Dienstneming plaats

Mijn verhaal

Robert Ashley Crowder was a 21 year old seedsman from Horncastle, Lincolnshire. Private Crowder was part of C Coy. of the 1/28th Battalion London Regiment (Artists Rifles), 190th Brigade, 63rd Division. In October 1917 his battalion took part in the Second Battle of Passchendaele. On the 28th of October, his battalion went into the line at Albatross Farm (28.D.2.d.), where they relieved the Nelson Battalion. On October the 30th at 5.50 a.m., the 190th Brigade attacked with the Artists Rifles, the 4th Bedfordshires and the 7th Royal Fusiliers on Passchendaele Ridge. Immediately, the Artists Rifles came under heavy machine-gun fire and, while they were struggling in the mud, they were subjected to German counter-barrage. The Artists Rifles suffered severe casualties. They holed up near Source Trench and managed to hold this position. The line held by the division was Source Trench-Varlet Farm-Bray Farm-Berks Houses. On the evening of the 31st, the Artists Rifles were relieved by the Nelson Battalion. Private Crowder was killed in action during the attack on October the 30th. His body was never retrieved. In a letter from Frank Beddow to his mother, describes how Robert was still advancing and had neared his platoon objective but was being subjected to machine gun fire from a nearby pill-box. According to officer Beddow it was highly possible that a machine gun bullet killed Robert. A few nights afterwards the Nelson Battalion furnished a burying party. Beddow has no doubt that Robert’s body was amongst the number of men they buried and according to him his grave would be (V.28.c.1) about three hundred yards in front of Varlet Farm.
Today, he is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, panel 153A.

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/841975/ROBERT%20ASHLEY%20CROWDER/
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May. H.A.R. Memories of the Artists Rifles. Londen: Howlett & Son., 1929. 181-84.
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McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele: the day by day account. Londen: Uniform, 2018. 153-55.
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Naval and Military Archive
http://www.nmarchive.com
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The Long Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk
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WW1photos
http://www.ww1photos.com/London28th.html
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