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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 60089" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Photo</td><td><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/attachments/31/31973-a55a35803cfe4f88345df89cf9ac5e99.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></td></tr><tr><td>Full Name</td><td><strong>Thomas John Croghan</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Nickname</td><td>Little Tommy</td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>7904917</td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Trooper</td></tr><tr><td>Nationality</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Date of Birth</td><td>18.04.1921 Chester</td></tr><tr><td>Date of Death</td><td>10.11.1944 (Aged 23)</td></tr><tr><td>Gravesite</td><td>Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy V.A.10</td></tr><tr><td>Father</td><td>Hugh Croghan (1888-1936)</td></tr><tr><td>Mother</td><td>Margaret Croghan (1892-1931), Boughton, Chester, Cheshire</td></tr><tr><td>Enlisted</td><td>13.02.1941 Warminster</td></tr><tr><td>Military</td><td>parent unit 3rd Hussars, R.A.C.<br /> Army Class - Motor Mechanic 5/9<br /> Army Category - Volunteer<br /> joined PPA 05.05.1944<br /> PPA P Patrol (R Patrol in Private Army - Popski)<br /> KIA near Ravenna (landmine with Sgt Porter)</td></tr><tr><td>Married</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Further Information</td><td>resided 20 Canal Street, Chester<br /> bench fitter in civilian life<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15623267/hugh-bernard-croghan" target="_blank">brother Hugh Bernard Croghan (1922-1944)</a><br /> <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201401059/helen-elizabeth-croghan" target="_blank">sister Helen Elizabeth Croghan (1929-1931)</a><br /> <br /> <em>"A quiet little man, Porter had taken him under his wing and had thought much of him" (Popski)<br /> <br /> "Were men made as big as their hearts,he would have been a giant among men" (Popski)</em></td></tr></table><p></p><p><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="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/tommy-croghan.792/" target="_blank"><img src="http://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> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/ppa-roll-of-honour.4832/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/4/4832-5c140607cca8298e261a374cd2997cdd.jpg?1591384140" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Craig Robertson, post: 60089, member: 6852"] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Photo[/TD] [TD][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/attachments/31/31973-a55a35803cfe4f88345df89cf9ac5e99.jpg[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Full Name[/TD] [TD][B]Thomas John Croghan[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nickname[/TD] [TD]Little Tommy[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Number[/TD] [TD]7904917[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rank[/TD] [TD]Trooper[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nationality[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Date of Birth[/TD] [TD]18.04.1921 Chester[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Date of Death[/TD] [TD]10.11.1944 (Aged 23)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Gravesite[/TD] [TD]Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy V.A.10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Father[/TD] [TD]Hugh Croghan (1888-1936)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mother[/TD] [TD]Margaret Croghan (1892-1931), Boughton, Chester, Cheshire[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enlisted[/TD] [TD]13.02.1941 Warminster[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Military[/TD] [TD]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)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Married[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Further Information[/TD] [TD]resided 20 Canal Street, Chester bench fitter in civilian life [URL='https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15623267/hugh-bernard-croghan']brother Hugh Bernard Croghan (1922-1944)[/URL] [URL='https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201401059/helen-elizabeth-croghan']sister Helen Elizabeth Croghan (1929-1931)[/URL] [I]"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)[/I][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/t-j-croghan.33633/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33633-03bb79e9f90fbf3d56691b1c1661703f.jpg?1594062231[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/tommy-croghan.792/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/792-065ddd05475a970189f3dd3e7a64c7cb.jpg?1591383065[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/t-j-croghan-grave.33631/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33631-768a9e90cab506a66b9d53ad57539c74.jpg?1594062102[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/ppa-roll-of-honour.4832/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/4/4832-5c140607cca8298e261a374cd2997cdd.jpg?1591384140[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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