Trevor Allington Crosland (1896-1916)

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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

CROSLAND, TREVOR ALLINGTON. 2nd Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Born Birkby Grange 30.12.1896. Son of Thomas Pearson, woollen manufacturer, J.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire and Borough of Huddersfield and Charlotte Elizabeth Crosland, New House Hall, Sheepridge, Huddersfield. Educated at Harrow Public School and Sandhurst Military Academy. Was twice medically rejected for Sandhurst, the first time in August, 1914, and then at Christmas, 1914. After an operation he was accepted and went straight from Sandhurst to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in August, 1915. Embarked for France on 12.5.1916. Was killed on the occasion of the explosion of a large German mine at Givenchy on 22.6.1916, 19. (The resulting crater, measuring 120 yards long by 70 feet wide and 30 feet deep was the largest crater on the Western Front at the time. Its name, 'Red Dragon', from the design of the regiment's cap badge, became the Army name for the crater). 2nd Lieutenant Crosland's body was not found until 1st July, 1925, during ploughing. Buried CABARET ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ. Grave location:- Plot 31, Row A, Grave 27.
His parents received the following letter from Lieut. Colonel Crawshay, Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 'He was a splendid boy and one of the sort we can ill afford to spare. On the night of the 22nd June at midnight the enemy exploded an enormous mine and I regret that the trench in which your son was, was blown up. They then attacked us after a very intense barrage but got badly defeated leaving a certain number of dead in our hands. It is really too sad, we all miss him and everyone was very fond of him. It will be some satisfaction to you to know that he was a real soldier and a leader of men.'
ROH:- Christ Church, Woodhouse Hill; Fartown and Birkby War Memorial.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

  • Second Lieutenant TREVOR ALLINGTON CROSLAND
  • regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
  • died: Thursday, June 22, 1916
  • age: 19 years
  • record ID: 585365

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