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Croghan, Thomas John (Little Tommy)
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 192" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Croghan </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Thomas John (Little Tommy) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>PPA P Patrol (R Patrol in Private Army - Popski) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Trooper </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>7904917 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>10th November 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ravenna War Cemetery,Italy V.A.10 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit 3rd Hussars,R.A.C.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 18.4.1921 Chester</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided 20 Canal Street,Chester</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 13.2.1941 Warminster</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Hugh (1888-1936) and Margaret (1892-1931) Croghan,Boughton,Chester,Cheshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>brother Hugh Bernard Croghan (1922-1944)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>sister Helen Elizabeth Croghan (1929-1931)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>bench fitter in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined PPA 5.5.1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA near Ravenna (landmine with Sgt Porter)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>"A quiet little man,Porter had taken him under his wing and had thought much of him" (Popski)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>"Were men made as big as their hearts,he would have been a giant</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>among men" (Popski)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/t-j-croghan.33633/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33633-03bb79e9f90fbf3d56691b1c1661703f.jpg?1594062231" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/tommy-croghan.792/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/792-065ddd05475a970189f3dd3e7a64c7cb.jpg?1591383065" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/t-j-croghan-grave.33631/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33631-768a9e90cab506a66b9d53ad57539c74.jpg?1594062102" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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