Christening: 2 April 1916 St John the Evangelist, Churt, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 18 September 1937 St John the Evangelist, Churt, Surrey, UK
Wife: Sylvia Irene Deadman 1917-1986
Death: 10 May 1989 Churt, Surrey, UK
Michael Leonard Croucher 1938-1938
John Stuart J Croucher 1940-2022
Nigel Leonard Croucher 1954-c2017
Birth of Leonard Croucher, mother's maiden name Fullick, in FreeBMD in January-March 1916 in Farnham (2A 287).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917 for Leonard Croucher on 2 April 1916 at Churt, St John the Evangelist, parents James and Ellen Croucher. "Page 96 Baptisms in the Parish of Churt in the County of Surrey in the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixteen [...] 1916 April 2nd No. 762 Leonard [parents] James [a] Labourer & Ellen Croucher [of] Mead End Cottages Churt".
In the 1921 census as Leonard Croucher aged 5 years 5 monthe, born in Churt, Surrey, both parents alive, and living with his parents (James and Ellen), two brothers (Ernest and Frederick), and two sisters (Emily K and Ruth) in six roms at Meadcud (sic - in the index, Meadend on the original) Ctge, Churt, Farnham, Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Leonard Croucher address Fairfield, Frensham, Farnham in 1937, other occupants James and Ellen Croucher (parents?) and Frederick Croucher (brother?).
Marriage of Sylvia I Deadman and Leonard Croucher in FreeBMD in July-September 1937 in Surrey SW (2A 1451).
Enytry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for the marriage of Leonard Cronacher (sic) aged 21, father James Cronacher (sic) and Sylia Irene Deadman on 18 September 1937 at Churt, St John the Evangelist. "Page 119 [...] 1937 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of Churt in the County of Surrey [No.] 238 September 18th 1937 Leonard Croucher [aged] 21 [a] Bachelor [and] Gardener [of] Fairfield, Churt [father] James Croucher [a] Gardener, [and] Sylvia Irene Deadman aged 20, [a] Spinster [and] Domestic Servant [of] 2 Parkhurst Cottages Churt, [father] Alfred Deadman, [a] Gardener. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Millie Vera Dykes [and] Ronald Alfred Deadman".
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current for Mr Leonard Croucher and Sylvia Irene Deadman on 2 October 1937 (sic - I assume the date of publication).
His son was born and died at Churt Acre Cottage, Churt and was buried on buried on 19 September 1938 at St John the Evangelist, Churt.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Leonard Croucher born 24 January 1916, married, a gardener on a private estate and a Red Cross Stretcher bearer for N.P.L, and living with Sylvia J (sic) Croucher (wife?) at 2 Churt Anes (sic in the index - Acres on the original) Cottages, Hambledon, Surrey.
Two entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Leonard Croucher address Churt Acres Cottages, Frensham, Farnham in 1938 and 1939, other occupant Sylvia Irene Croucher (wife?) in 1939.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Regimental Rolls and Recruitment Registers, 1908-1947 for Leonard Croucher enlisted 18 April 1940 as 6095621 Queen's Royal West Surrey, repatriated 26 March 1946. I believe he was in the Far East.
His son was born in Churt in 1940 at Churt Acres Cottage, and registered in in January-March 1940 in Surrey South Western.
Three entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Leonard Croucher address 2 Parkhurst Cottages, Frensham, Farnham in 1946, other occupant Sylvia I Croucher (wife?), Glen Cottage, Glen Road (Beacon Hill), Hindhead from 1947 to 1948, other occupant Sylvia I Croucher (wife?),
His son was born in Holmwood, Churt and registered in October-December 1954 in Surrey South Western.
Five entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Leonard Croucher address Holmwood, Hale House Lane, Churt from 1953 to 1960, other occupant Sylvia I Croucher (wife?).
Holmwood was changed to Cedar Croft.
There are two entries in Ancestry British Phone Books 1880-1984 for L Croucher address Cedar Croft, Hale House Lane, Churt Number Headley Down 43473 in 1969 and 3473 in 1970.
His wife died in SW Surrey in May 1986.
Entry in People Trace UK for Leonard Croucher - Cedar Croft, Hale House Lane, Churt, Farnham Gu10 2JG.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Leonard Croucher, born on 24 January 1916, in May 1989 in Surrey SW (17 1118).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 for Leonard Croucher died 10 May 1989 in Churt, Farnham, Sy, probate 4 August 1989 in Winchester. "Croucher, Leonard of Cedar Croft Hale House La Churt Farnham Sy died 10 May 1989 Probate Winchester 4 August £138949."
Entry in 100 Years in Churt U H S Snow p39 lists Mr. L Croucher as People's Churchwarden in 1964 and Vicar's Churchwarden in 1966.
There are thirty five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Leonard Croucher.
Entry in Further Relections on Churt Olivia Cotton 2004 p16 "Another brother Len Croucher, born 1916, was a respected and successful gardener in the village. At a time when larger houses had 2,3 or more gardeners, and when entry forms for the annual flower show displayed the gardeners' names, Len's duties at Barford Court included Sunday work on the two tennis courts which had to be mown and marked out ready for the afternoon tennis parties. His army service in World War II with the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment included captivity as a prisoner of war. After the war he worked at Court Barn for the Bullock family who later presented Len with a house in Hale House Lane." I believe he was captured in Burma and was a Japanese PoW.
Leonard Croucher with his elder brother William
Leonard Croucher was my uncle and godfather. His wife was the sister of Frederick George Deadman, husband of his sister Ruth, married in 1935, and also the second great grandneice of Harriet Deadman, wife of Charles Croucher, his great grandfather.
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