Gt Bookham War Memorials - WWII - L/Cpl Oswald Frederick  Edward CREPIN,
2Bn Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

    

Invicta Royal West Kent

CWGC record

Lance Corporal
CREPIN, OSWALD FREDERICK
Service Number 6095889
Died 16/12/1946
Aged 29
2nd Bn.
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Son of Oswald Arthur Gaston Crepin and Alice Mary Crepin; husband of Winifred Alice Crepin, of South Norwood.

Oswald Crespin in buried in the churchyard of St Nicolas Great Bookham, his headstone provided by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
However he is not listed on the village War Memorial nor on the WW2 plaque in the church.

So far we have not established a Bookham connection. Can you help?

National Probate Calendar
CREPIN Oswald Frederick Edward of 22 Crowther Road, South Norwood, Surrey, died 16 December 1946 at
The Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen, Petersham, Richmond, Surrey.
Probate London 8 February to Winifred Alice Crepin, widow. Effects £784 4s 4d

THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
CREPIN, OSWALD FREDERICK EDWARD L/Cpl, RWK
b. T. Heath 20 Apr 17. Res 22, Crowther Rd. Education John Ruskin School. Ser from Apr 1940: Malta Aug 40-Dec 42.

Contracted infantile paralysis; returned for treatment, Mar 44. Died Dec 46. Bur St Nicholas [sic] Ch., Great Bookham, Surrey 

Civil Registration Marriage Index
Marriage Reg Jul 1940: Croydon: Spouse Winifred A Barker

Regimental Roll Queen's Royal West Surrey
1940 Enlistment Register Book 19
6095889 CREPIN Oswald Frederick Edward Trans. RW Kent 20-7-40



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