Capt 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards Died 31 October 1914.
Born 4 May 1881 son of Tudor Crawshay and Marie Augusta Hester Crawshay (nee Ayres) of Dimlands, Co Glamorgan.
Gazetted 2nd Lt Worcestershire Regt from the Militia 30 April 1902
Promoted Lieutenant 29 Nov 1904 and Captain 1 April 1911 having transferred to the 5th Dragoon Guards 5 Feb 1908; Served in South Africa 1902 taking part in the operations in Cape Colony Jan to 31 May 1902 (Queens South Africa Medal with two clasps; served with the expeditionary Force in France and Flanders and was killed in action on 31 October 1914.
Capt Crayshaw was a fine horseman; represented England in the Military Tournaments in America in 1913, winning the Gold Cup in the competition open to the world, and also won the King George |Challenge Cup at the International Tournament in the same year.
At the foot of the headstone there is mention of an unknown soldier. This link https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4009555/MERVYN%20CRAWSHAY/#&gid=2&pid=1 shows that Captain Crawshay and one other were exhumed on 03/08/1970, to be reburied together in a single coffin in this cemetery. Research carried out thus far would suggest that the "unknown soldier" is either Corporal 5475 Henry Paice or Coporal 3805 Jacob Peach.
He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque in the Royal Garrison Church of All Saints, Aldershot, Rushmoor Borough, Hampshire, England.
Cenotaph here
and on a memorial plaque in St Illtud's Church, Church Street, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/170895)
Born 4 May 1881 son of Tudor Crawshay and Marie Augusta Hester Crawshay (nee Ayres) of Dimlands, Co Glamorgan.
Gazetted 2nd Lt Worcestershire Regt from the Militia 30 April 1902
Promoted Lieutenant 29 Nov 1904 and Captain 1 April 1911 having transferred to the 5th Dragoon Guards 5 Feb 1908; Served in South Africa 1902 taking part in the operations in Cape Colony Jan to 31 May 1902 (Queens South Africa Medal with two clasps; served with the expeditionary Force in France and Flanders and was killed in action on 31 October 1914.
Capt Crayshaw was a fine horseman; represented England in the Military Tournaments in America in 1913, winning the Gold Cup in the competition open to the world, and also won the King George |Challenge Cup at the International Tournament in the same year.
At the foot of the headstone there is mention of an unknown soldier. This link https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4009555/MERVYN%20CRAWSHAY/#&gid=2&pid=1 shows that Captain Crawshay and one other were exhumed on 03/08/1970, to be reburied together in a single coffin in this cemetery. Research carried out thus far would suggest that the "unknown soldier" is either Corporal 5475 Henry Paice or Coporal 3805 Jacob Peach.
He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque in the Royal Garrison Church of All Saints, Aldershot, Rushmoor Borough, Hampshire, England.
Cenotaph here
and on a memorial plaque in St Illtud's Church, Church Street, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/170895)
Capt 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards Died 31 October 1914.
Born 4 May 1881 son of Tudor Crawshay and Marie Augusta Hester Crawshay (nee Ayres) of Dimlands, Co Glamorgan.
Gazetted 2nd Lt Worcestershire Regt from the Militia 30 April 1902
Promoted Lieutenant 29 Nov 1904 and Captain 1 April 1911 having transferred to the 5th Dragoon Guards 5 Feb 1908; Served in South Africa 1902 taking part in the operations in Cape Colony Jan to 31 May 1902 (Queens South Africa Medal with two clasps; served with the expeditionary Force in France and Flanders and was killed in action on 31 October 1914.
Capt Crayshaw was a fine horseman; represented England in the Military Tournaments in America in 1913, winning the Gold Cup in the competition open to the world, and also won the King George |Challenge Cup at the International Tournament in the same year.
At the foot of the headstone there is mention of an unknown soldier. This link https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4009555/MERVYN%20CRAWSHAY/#&gid=2&pid=1 shows that Captain Crawshay and one other were exhumed on 03/08/1970, to be reburied together in a single coffin in this cemetery. Research carried out thus far would suggest that the "unknown soldier" is either Corporal 5475 Henry Paice or Coporal 3805 Jacob Peach.
He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque in the Royal Garrison Church of All Saints, Aldershot, Rushmoor Borough, Hampshire, England.
Cenotaph here
and on a memorial plaque in St Illtud's Church, Church Street, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/170895)
Born 4 May 1881 son of Tudor Crawshay and Marie Augusta Hester Crawshay (nee Ayres) of Dimlands, Co Glamorgan.
Gazetted 2nd Lt Worcestershire Regt from the Militia 30 April 1902
Promoted Lieutenant 29 Nov 1904 and Captain 1 April 1911 having transferred to the 5th Dragoon Guards 5 Feb 1908; Served in South Africa 1902 taking part in the operations in Cape Colony Jan to 31 May 1902 (Queens South Africa Medal with two clasps; served with the expeditionary Force in France and Flanders and was killed in action on 31 October 1914.
Capt Crayshaw was a fine horseman; represented England in the Military Tournaments in America in 1913, winning the Gold Cup in the competition open to the world, and also won the King George |Challenge Cup at the International Tournament in the same year.
At the foot of the headstone there is mention of an unknown soldier. This link https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4009555/MERVYN%20CRAWSHAY/#&gid=2&pid=1 shows that Captain Crawshay and one other were exhumed on 03/08/1970, to be reburied together in a single coffin in this cemetery. Research carried out thus far would suggest that the "unknown soldier" is either Corporal 5475 Henry Paice or Coporal 3805 Jacob Peach.
He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque in the Royal Garrison Church of All Saints, Aldershot, Rushmoor Borough, Hampshire, England.
Cenotaph here
and on a memorial plaque in St Illtud's Church, Church Street, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/170895)
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