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Hi,Everybody.Looking for info.about Arthur who is named on the War Memorial at Greatham,Co.Durham.I think he was born c.1897 at Greatham.I wondered where,and when he died,his regiment etc.as there are no details on the Memorial.

Yours,Terry L.

http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/287234/

(one above, from google search of name)

(also below)

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/287234/CROWE,%20ARTHUR

Chris :)

Private ARTHUR CROWE
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died on 22 April 1918 Age 28
SENLIS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Oise France
Son of Thomas and Mary Crowe, of The Green, Greatham, Stockton-on-Tees.
Service No. 28037

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Name: Arthur Crowe
Birth Place: Greatham, Durham
Death Date: 22 Apr 1918
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: West Hartlepool
Rank: Private
Regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 7th Battalion
Regimental Number: 28037
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Comments: Formerly 30562, D.L.I
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Only two Arthur Crowes coming up on the CWGC site:

This looks like your Arthur:

Rank:Private
Service No:28037
Date of Death:22/04/1918
Age:28
Regiment/Service:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th Bn.
Grave Reference:III. C. 137.
Cemetery:SENLIS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Thomas and Mary Crowe, of The Green, Greatham, Stockton-on-Tees.

UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920
forArthur Crowe

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Name: Arthur Crowe
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Private
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Regimental Number: 28037
Previous Units: 28037 Pte 7th Yorks L.I.
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Name: Arthur Crowe
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Father: Thomas Crowe
Mother: Mary Jane Crowe
Birth Place: Greatham, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Greatham
Ecclesiastical parish: Greatham St John the Baptist
Town: Greatham
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Household schedule number: 139
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Crowe 43
Mary Jane Crowe 40
Tom Crowe 18
Robert Crowe 17
Joseph Gibbow Crowe 11
Arthur Crowe 10
Margaret Jane Crowe 8
Hannah Elizth Crowe 6
Elen Crowe 2

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1911 England Census
forArthur Crowe


Name: Arthur Crowe
Age in 1911: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Greatham, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Greatham
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street address: The Green Greatham Via Stockton
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Labourer
Registration district: Hartlepool
Registration District Number: 545
Sub-registration district: Hartlepool
ED, institution, or vessel: 59
Piece: 29659
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Crowe 54
Mary Jane Crowe 50
Joseph Crowe 21
Arthur Crowe 20
Margaret Jane Crowe 18
Elizabeth Hannah Crowe 16
Ellen Crowe 12
Eliza Crowe 7
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There is a tree on ancestry which has a photo of his grave.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
forThomas Crowe

Name: Thomas Crowe
Registration Year: 1882
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Hartlepool
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 143
Records on Page:
Name
Thomas Crowe
James Farmer
Mary Jane Gibbon -------
Kate Ellie Gray
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SENLIS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
CROWE, ARTHUR Private 28037 22/04/1918 28 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry United Kingdom III. C. 137. SENLIS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Thanks so very much,all you researchers.My wife will be pleased as she new very little of this "probable" family member.

Yours gratefully,Terry L.