John James Crowe
Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
- Register No.
- 278 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant all Second Lieutenants →
- Unit
- 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment all Worcestershire Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 14 April 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 28th June, 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Born
- 20th December, 1876 at Devonport, Devon
- Died
- 2nd March, 1965 at Brighton, Sussex
Digest of citation
On 14th April, 1918 at Neuve Eglise, Belgium, when the enemy, having attacked a post in a village, broke past on the high ground and established a machine-gun and snipers, Second Lieutenant CROWE, with two NCOs and seven men twice engaged the enemy who on each occasioned withdrew into the village, followed by the Lieutenant firing on them. On the second occasion, taking only two men, he attacked two enemy machine guns and killing both gunners and several more of the enemy. The remainder withdrew and he captured the two guns
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
CROWE, John James. (reg No. 278).
Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
London Gazetted on 28th June, 1918.
Born on 20th December, 1876 at Devonport, Devon.
Died on 2nd March, 1965 at Brighton, Sussex. He was cremated at Down's Crematorium, Bear Road, Brighton, Sussex.
Digest of Citation reads: On 14th April, 1918 at Neuve Eglise, Belgium, when the enemy, having attacked a post in a village, broke past on the high ground and established a machine-gun and snipers, Second Lieutenant CROWE, with two NCOs and seven men twice engaged the enemy who on each occasioned withdrew into the village, followed by the Lieutenant firing on them. On the second occasion, taking only two men, he attacked two enemy machine guns and killing both gunners and several more of the enemy. The remainder withdrew and he captured the two guns Additional information:. He later attained the rank of Captain.
Additional information
He later attained the rank of Captain
He was cremated at Down's Crematorium, Bear Road, Brighton, Sussex.
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