PPA Croghan, Thomas John (Little Tommy)

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Croghan
  • FORENAME
Thomas John (Little Tommy)
  • UNIT
PPA P Patrol (R Patrol in Private Army - Popski)
  • RANK
Trooper
  • NUMBER
7904917
  • DATE OF DEATH
10th November 1944
  • AGE
23
  • GRAVESITE
Ravenna War Cemetery,Italy V.A.10
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 3rd Hussars,R.A.C.
born 18.4.1921 Chester
resided 20 Canal Street,Chester
enlisted 13.2.1941 Warminster
son of Hugh (1888-1936) and Margaret (1892-1931) Croghan,Boughton,Chester,Cheshire
brother Hugh Bernard Croghan (1922-1944)
sister Helen Elizabeth Croghan (1929-1931)
bench fitter in civilian life
joined PPA 5.5.1944
KIA near Ravenna (landmine with Sgt Porter)
"A quiet little man,Porter had taken him under his wing and had thought much of him" (Popski)
"Were men made as big as their hearts,he would have been a giant
among men" (Popski)
 
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