Birth: 17 September 1887 Alfred Cottages, Napier Road, Gillingham, Chatham, Kent, UK
Father: (Frank) Alban (Allan) Thomas Croucher 1855-1891
Mother: Emily Jane Cawdery (Caudery, Cordery) [Hale (Hales)] 1863-1945
Marriage: October-December 1912 Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Wife: Jessie Maria Langford 1883-1969
Death: 9 February 1927 123 Copnor Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Leonard G Croucher 1913-1967
Ronald Reginald Croucher 1916-2003
Marie J Croucher 1917
Ena K Croucher 1922
Birth of Leonard Charles Croucher in FreeBMD in October-December 1887 in Medway (2a 586).
His brother was born in Mayo, Ireland in 1890.
I cannot find him in the 1891 census - I assume he was living in Mayo, Ireland where his father died just before the census.
His brother was born in Southsea just after the census.
In the 1901 census as Leonard Croucher aged 13, born in Chatham, Kent, and a scholar at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich, Kent
In the 1911 census as Leonard Charles Croucher aged 23, born in Gillingham, Kent, single, a leading signalman on board HMS Hecla, a torpedo depot ship in Fareham Creek, Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. Hecla was the merchant ship British Crown purchased whilst building.
Marriage of Leonard C Croucher and Jessie M Langford in FreeBMD in October-December 1912 in Portsmouth (2b 977).
Entry in Ancestry UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1900-1928 for Leonard Charles Croucher born on 17 September 1887 in Chatham, Kent, service number 225004 on 24 January 1903 on President to 11 August 1914 on Iron Duke. Aged 18 height 5ft 4.25 in, brown hair and eyes, ruddy dark complexion, ships President sig boy 24 January 1903 to 2 February 1903, Victory sig boy 3 February 1903 to 14 June 1903, Formidable sig boy, sign, 2nd Sig 15 June 1903, 17 September 1905, 7 January 1906 to 1 October 1906, Victory I 2 October 1906 to 15 February 1907, Victory II 16 to 28 February 1907, Sapphire II 1 March 1907 to 11 August 1907, Hecla signalman, ldg sig 12 August 1907, 1 October 1907, 1 August 1908 to 2 April 1910, Victory I 3 April 2010 to 10 August 2010, Hecla 11 August 1910 to 5 June 1911, Exmouth 6 June 1911 to 14 June 1912, Good Hope 15 June 1912 to 23 December 1912, Victory I 24 December 1912 to 27 January 1913, Neptune 28 January 1913 to 9 March 1914, Iron Duke act boa sig 10 March 1914 to 11 August 1914, Character v.g,. throughout.
Entry in National Archives for ADM 196/156/932 Croucher Leonard Charles born 17 September 1887 appointed acting signal boatswain in 1914.
His four children were born in Portsmouth in 1913 to 1922.
There are fifteen entries in Ancestry UK, Navy Lists, 1888-1970 for Leonard C Croucher 1914 to 192 - 1914 Act S B 11 August 1914, 1914 act sig boatswain September 1914 on 271 Kent Cruiser Portsmouth, 1916 Sig Boatswain 19 July 1916 545 Woolwich depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers, 1919 Sig Boatswain 25 October 1918 Blanche light cruiser, 1920 Sig Boatswain 8 March 1920 Tiger battle cruiser.
Death of Leonard C Croucher in FreeBMD in January-March 1927 aged 39 in Portsmouth (2b 748).
Entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Leonard Charles Croucher born in December 1887 in Chatham, Kent, parents Alban Thomas Croucher and Emily Jane Chawdery. Another entry adds his death in Portsmouth, Hampshire in March 1927. Another entry with his birth between 1870 and 1900 gives him as the father of Ronald Croucher.
Information from an email states he was born on 17 September 1887 at Alfred Cottages, Napier Road, Gillingham, Chatham, Kent, and he died on 9 February 1927 at 123 Copnor Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Entry in Lives of the First World War for Leobard Charles Croucher born in Chatham, Kent in 1887, and another for Acting Signal Boatswain Leonard Charles Croucher born 17 September 1887.
Leonard Charles Croucher was the uncle of David Reginald Croucher, husband of Patricia Ann Ashford, my half third cousin once removed.