Private Francis Edwin Crow

Army Number: 102301 formerly 35323 Royal Berkshire Regiment

Battalion: 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Redditch, Worcestershire. Son of William and Laura Crow, of 109, Bromsgrove Road, Redditch. Husband of Isabelle Crow, of 93 Westminster Road, Selly Park, Birmingham. He was a painter prior to enlisting, 29th November 1915 at Redditch. He went to France on 25th March 1918 and was transferred to the 2/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 28th March 1918. He was posted to the 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 13th June 1918. he was killed in action, 20th October 1918, aged 28, in the attack Sweveghem, Belgium.

Buried: Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 7. Row B. Grave 10.

Private Francis Edwin Crow is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Redditch War Memorial, Redditch, Worcestershire.