Birth: 30 July 1885 Wateringbury, Kent, UK
Father: William Croucher c1854-1911
Mother: Mary Ann Hayman (Hagman) 1854-1926
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: December 1947 2 Glebe Cottages, Bexley, Kent, UK
Buried: 31 December 1947 St James, North Cray, Kent, UK
None known
Birth of William Thomas Croucher in FreeBMD in July-September 1885 in Malling (2A 614)
His brother was born on 6 January 1889 and registered in January-March 1889 in Malling.
In the 1891 census as William Croucher aged 5, born in Malling, Kent, and living with his parents (William and Mary), brother (George), sister (Ada) and a lodger (Thomas Colegate aged 28, born in Malling, Kent, single and a farm labourer) in Market Meadow, St Mary Cray, Kent.
His brother was registered in April-June 1892 in Bromley.
In the 1901 census for William Croucher aged 15, born in West Malling, Kent, a farm labourer, and living with his parents (William and Mary), and two brothers (Arthur and George) at Lovenest?, St Mary Cray, Kent.
In the 1911 census as William Croucher aged 25, born in West Malling, Kent, single, a farm horseman working at home, and living with his parents (William and Mary), two brothers (Arthur and George) and sister (Ada) in four rooms at 5 Home Farm Cottage, St Pauls Cray, Kent.
Entry in Ancestry UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920 for William Croucher aged 31 years 5 months, address The Mount, St Mary Cray, a ploughman, single, height 5 ft 6.5 in, chest 37.5 in range 2 in, next of kin George Croucher (brother) of 2 Glebe Cottages, Ruxley, North Cray, Kent, joined 5th Reserve, East Surrey Regiment on 17 January 1917 at Bromley, home 17 January to 19 June 1917 wounded, BEF 20 June 1917 to 27 July 1917, home 27 July 1917, BEF 1 April 1918, wounded shell gas 25 May 1918, hospital to 24 May 1918, missing 21 August 1918, prisoner of war, liberated 17 December 1918, BEF 29 January 1919, discharged no longer physically fit for war service 6 June 1919.
In the 1921 census as William Croucher aged 35 Years 11 months, born in Wateringbury, Kent, single, a farm worker for O Vinson, farmer of Foots Cray, and living with his brother (George), his wife (Rose) and son (William) in four rooms at Ruxley Farm, North Cray, Bromley, Kent.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as William Craucher (sic - in the index, Croucher on the orginal) born 30 July 1883 (sic - on the original), single, a gardener (heavy work) and ling with his brother (George A), his wife (Ram K), two sons (Victor J and William G), and William's nephew (Harry Leppard) at 1 Clerk Catt (sic - in the index, 2 Glebe Cott on the original), Maidstone Road, Chislehurst and Sidcup, Kent.
Death of William Croucher in FreeBMD in October-December 1947 aged 62 in Bromley (5B 225)
Entry in Ancestry Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1985 for the burial of William Croucher on 31 December 1947 at St James Chapelry, North Cray, Kent. "Page 37 Burials in the Parish of North Cray in the County of Kent in the Year One thousand nine hundred and forty - seven eight [...] William Croucher No. 292 [of] 2 Glebe Cottages, Rexley [on] 31, December 1947 [aged] 62".
There are seven entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William Thomas Croucher.
William Thomas Croucher was the fourth great grandson of James.
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