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| Full Name | Thomas John Croghan |
| Nickname | Little Tommy |
| Number | 7904917 |
| Rank | Trooper |
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| Date of Birth | 18.04.1921 Chester |
| Date of Death | 10.11.1944 (Aged 23) |
| Gravesite | Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy V.A.10 |
| Father | Hugh Croghan (1888-1936) |
| Mother | Margaret Croghan (1892-1931), Boughton, Chester, Cheshire |
| Enlisted | 13.02.1941 Warminster |
| Military | parent unit 3rd Hussars, R.A.C. Army Class - Motor Mechanic 5/9 Army Category - Volunteer joined PPA 05.05.1944 PPA P Patrol (R Patrol in Private Army - Popski) KIA near Ravenna (landmine with Sgt Porter) |
| Married | |
| Further Information | resided 20 Canal Street, Chester bench fitter in civilian life brother Hugh Bernard Croghan (1922-1944) sister Helen Elizabeth Croghan (1929-1931) "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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