Commander Lawrence Hugh CRAWFORD, R.N.R

[melliget]

Hi.

Not sure of the eligibility of this chap but he was RNR, so here he is:

Commander Lawrence Hugh CRAWFORD, R.N.R., C.B., died 19 Oct 1918 at Charring Cross Hospital.

See attached mention in the Fallen Officers section of The Times, 22 Oct 1918.

Martin

[John Morcombe]

Not found in the RNR officer's medal roll, so no war service recognised by award of campaign medals.

[chrisharley9]

Martin

I had already had a look at him during my Times searches; can find no proof that he was serving at the time of his death

Chris

[melliget]

Thanks John and Chris. I thought I had searched the forum for any previous threads but must've done something wrong. Perhaps The Times omitted to add "(retd)" after RNR, although he was in the Fallen Officers section, not the civilian Deaths column.

[chrisharley9]

Martin

Im find this all the time with the Times death columns. People are listed as died of wounds when their link to service is somewhat tenuous

Chris

[David_Underdown]

In this case his work with Trinity House (responsible for lighthouses and navigational aids around the UK, along with the Commissioners of Irish Lights and the Northern Lighthouse Board) was probably seen as being sufficiently important that he was not called up.

[Neil Clark]

David,

A case clearly worthy of investigation.

Nice work pity on final outcome though. I have had masses of cases like this one that end in an abort...