Birth: January-March 1920 Hampton Wick, Middlesex, UK
Father: James Robert Croucher 1882-1971
Mother: Sarah Florence Jane Hart 1882-1967
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: 27 July 1945 Burma
Burial: 28 July 1945 Payabyo, Bago, Burma
Reburied: 23 February 1946 Plot 2 Row C Grave 12 Rangoon War Cemetery, Rangoon, Yangon, Burma
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Birth of Alfred Croucher, mother's maiden name Hart, in FreeBMD in January-March 1920 in Kingston, Surrey (2A 1177).
In the 1921 census as Alfred Croucher aged 2, born in Hampton Wick, Middlesex, both pparents alive, and living with his parents (James Robert and Sarah F), brother (James R) and three sisters (Dorothy M, Grace E and Queenie E) in four rooms at 5 School Road, Hampton Wick, Kingston, Surrey.
His sister was born on 15 March 1922 and registered in April-June 1922 in Kingston.
He was not living with his parents in the 1939 Register.
Entry in Commonwealth War Graves Commission for Pte Alfred Croucher 2048252 The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) in Rangoon War Cemetery on 27 July 1945 aged 25 and buried in Plot 2 Row C Grave 12, notes add "Service Number: 2048252 [...] The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1st Bn. Date of Death Died 27 July 1945 Age 25 years old Gravesite Details Private, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Age: 25." He died on 27 July 1945, and was buried on 28 July 1945 in 94 C/15 254144 Payabyo and reburied on 23 February 1946. "RAN.1/145/QR/1061/1/Q/A 2.C.12/2048252 Private/A. Croucher/The Queen's Royal Regiment/27th July 1945 Age 25".
Entry in Find a Grave for Pvt Alfred Croucher born 1920, died 27 July 1945 and buried in Plot 2.C.12 Rangoon War Cemetery, Rangoon, East Yangon District, Yangon Region, Myanmar
Entry in Ancestry UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 for Alfred Croucher born in Middlesex, enlisted Private 2048252 East Surrey Regiment in 1941, died 27 July 1945 in Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Infantry in Burma.
There are eighteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Alfred Croucher adding he was stabbed in the back.
Note that Kingston included Hampton Wick which was in Middlesex.
Alfred Croucher was the nephew of Frederick George Croucher, husband of Mary Ann Fullick, my fourth cousin once removed.
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