In Memory Of

CROSLEY, ROBERT ERRINGTON

Service Details
Age:
56
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
190483
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
Former Regiment:
Royal Engineers in WW1
Date of Death:
1941-05-11
Cause of Death:
Died at Premier Mine military hospital
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
M. 13.
Cemetery:
THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
D C M
Citations:
DCM WW1 with Royal Engineers LG Sup 3 September 1918 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of a demolition party for the destruction of bridges. The electric leads having been cut by rifle fire, he crawled out along the bridge under heavy machine gun fire at close range and repaired them. He then demolished the bridge with the enemy only 50 yards away."
Son of James and Margaret Crosley; husband of Elizabeth Crosley, of Germiston. Born Durham, England