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GATESHEAD

Crouch, E.G., Lt.Col. 1914-18 (1935) & Crouch R.E. 1939-45 (1990)

Photo: Geordie at War Project

In Gateshead East Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:

In Loving Memory of
Lieut. Colonel
Ernest George Crouch
of the Durham Light Infantry
Died 1st June 1935
Aged 60 years.

Also Jessie
dear wife of the above
died 5th September 1953
aged 82 years.
Also George Rigby Crouch
of Wolverhampton
son of the above
died 5th August 1979,
aged 74 years.
Richard Ernest Crouch
died 17th April 1990
aged 81 years
R.A.F. 1940-1946
Jessie Louise Crouch
died 15th December 1990
aged 76 years.
headmistress of Low Fell Infants
An Illustrious family
Lt.Col. E.G. Crouch, D.S.O., D.C.M., Legion d'Honneur.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle 12/02/1920 reports the award of the French Legion of Honour to Major E.G. Crouch, D.S.O., D.C.M.

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