Photo: Brian Chandler
J. Cromarty
Wireless Operator /Air Gunner
Royal Air Force
22nd December 1944 age 22
Greater love
hath no man than this
St.John XV.15
Rest in Peace.
Angela Conroy has provided the following:
Joseph was the son of Thomas and Isabella Evans Cromarty nee Elsdon, of Hendon, Sunderland.
His Whitley Bay burial record gives this information:
Entry 5251
'Dead Body Found in South Barule Malew Isle of Man'
Removed from 108 Links Road, Cullercoats
Died: 22.12.44
Buried: 28.12.44
According to the Scouts Roll of Honour for 1939-45, Joseph was associated with the 5th Whitley Bay (St. George's) Group of Scouts. They say he was killed in a flying accident in Canada.
Joseph Cromarty is remembered in Hendon on H123.05
Isle of Man aircrash
The CWGC entry for Warrant Officer Cromarty
