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Crews, Eric John

Date of death:
September 11th, 1944
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Leopoldsburg
Plot: VI. Row: C. Grave: 4.
Service number:
137961
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Temporary Captain
Unit:
5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, British Army
Awarded on:
March 22nd, 1945

Posthumously awarded
Mentioned in Dispatches

War Diary mentions

11 November 1944 WO 171/1398 - 5 East Yorkshire
Enemy counter-attack to right of bn sector was repulsed. Enemy on bn front more active and shelling increased. Capt. E.J. Crews died of wounds.

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