Stories of asylum - Borough of Portsmouth Mental Hospital

[seaJane]

https://my.creative-learning.net/bundles/heritage-ww1?path=heritage-ww1

A friend of mine has been involved in the digital transcription project.

 

 

[Keith_history_buff]

Thanks for sharing SeaJane!


219160 Edward John Croft was a sailor aboard HMS Caroline in 1916. He was later admitted to the Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum at Knowle, Fareham.
His death was indexed in Fareham registration district volume 2B page 1078

He is buried at Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/361344/e-j-croft/

He has a map plot on the NMRN Jutland Interactive Map
https://nmrn.locaria.org/View/Sailor/21e1f558c2b02b2fbe373513f6ca593f 

He was from Stevenage, and a further biography can be read here
https://stevenageatwar.com/casualties/edward-john-croft/

Edit: have now added his official number

Edited 28 February , 2023 by Keith_history_buff
Edit: have now added his official number

[seaJane]

Interesting! Thank you.