CRAPNELL, John James Partridge
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Suffolk Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5823141
P.O.W. number:
253486
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Tuesday, July 7, 1903
Birthplace:
Ipswich, Suffolk
Died :
Wednesday, May 14, 1969
Place died:
Ipswich, Suffolk
Age:
65
In 1939 John James Partridge Crapnell, a Stoker employed at the local Corporation Baths, was married and residing with his wife Lilian at 64 Medway Road, Ipswich. He enlisted into the Suffolk Regiment on 12 June 1940. After volunteering for the Commandos he was attached to No.6 Commando. Lance Corporal Crapnell was reported missing on 26 February 1943 during operations in Tunisia, North Africa (Battle for Steamroller Farm) subsequently found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
The 1939 Register covering Ipswich.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/81/366.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/76/2.
England and Wales Government Probate Death Indices, Registry Ipswich, date 17/6/69.
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