Queenie was born in 1922, the daughter of Royal Albert Crooks and Louisa Fanny Crooks nee Attfield, of East Ham.
Parents:
Royal - Born 10.12.1900 Dartford, Kent - Died September 1968 Poplar
Married on 28.9.1918 West Ham to
Louisa -Born 30.5.1900 Beckton, Essex - Died June 1957 East Ham
(Burial 13.6.1957 St Mary Magdalene, East Ham)
Siblings:
George - Born 20.2.1910 West Ham
John Henry - Born 18.1.1925 West Ham - Died July 1998 Hillingdon
A Private with the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Service Number: W/154598.
Country of Service United Kingdom.
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Name Queenie Crooks
[Q G Crooks]
Rank Private
Birth Place London E
Residence Date 1941
Residence London N
Casualty Date 30 Mar. 1945
Regimental Number 154598
Enlistment Unit Women's Services
Theatre of War United Kingdom
Casualty Regiment Auxiliary Territorial Service
Casualty Unit Women's Services
Casualty of War: Queenie died, aged 23, only weeks before the end of the Second World War in Europe. Her remains were buried in St Mary Magdalene Churchyard.
Parents:
Royal - Born 10.12.1900 Dartford, Kent - Died September 1968 Poplar
Married on 28.9.1918 West Ham to
Louisa -Born 30.5.1900 Beckton, Essex - Died June 1957 East Ham
(Burial 13.6.1957 St Mary Magdalene, East Ham)
Siblings:
George - Born 20.2.1910 West Ham
John Henry - Born 18.1.1925 West Ham - Died July 1998 Hillingdon
A Private with the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Service Number: W/154598.
Country of Service United Kingdom.
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Name Queenie Crooks
[Q G Crooks]
Rank Private
Birth Place London E
Residence Date 1941
Residence London N
Casualty Date 30 Mar. 1945
Regimental Number 154598
Enlistment Unit Women's Services
Theatre of War United Kingdom
Casualty Regiment Auxiliary Territorial Service
Casualty Unit Women's Services
Casualty of War: Queenie died, aged 23, only weeks before the end of the Second World War in Europe. Her remains were buried in St Mary Magdalene Churchyard.
Queenie was born in 1922, the daughter of Royal Albert Crooks and Louisa Fanny Crooks nee Attfield, of East Ham.
Parents:
Royal - Born 10.12.1900 Dartford, Kent - Died September 1968 Poplar
Married on 28.9.1918 West Ham to
Louisa -Born 30.5.1900 Beckton, Essex - Died June 1957 East Ham
(Burial 13.6.1957 St Mary Magdalene, East Ham)
Siblings:
George - Born 20.2.1910 West Ham
John Henry - Born 18.1.1925 West Ham - Died July 1998 Hillingdon
A Private with the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Service Number: W/154598.
Country of Service United Kingdom.
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Name Queenie Crooks
[Q G Crooks]
Rank Private
Birth Place London E
Residence Date 1941
Residence London N
Casualty Date 30 Mar. 1945
Regimental Number 154598
Enlistment Unit Women's Services
Theatre of War United Kingdom
Casualty Regiment Auxiliary Territorial Service
Casualty Unit Women's Services
Casualty of War: Queenie died, aged 23, only weeks before the end of the Second World War in Europe. Her remains were buried in St Mary Magdalene Churchyard.
Parents:
Royal - Born 10.12.1900 Dartford, Kent - Died September 1968 Poplar
Married on 28.9.1918 West Ham to
Louisa -Born 30.5.1900 Beckton, Essex - Died June 1957 East Ham
(Burial 13.6.1957 St Mary Magdalene, East Ham)
Siblings:
George - Born 20.2.1910 West Ham
John Henry - Born 18.1.1925 West Ham - Died July 1998 Hillingdon
A Private with the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Service Number: W/154598.
Country of Service United Kingdom.
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Name Queenie Crooks
[Q G Crooks]
Rank Private
Birth Place London E
Residence Date 1941
Residence London N
Casualty Date 30 Mar. 1945
Regimental Number 154598
Enlistment Unit Women's Services
Theatre of War United Kingdom
Casualty Regiment Auxiliary Territorial Service
Casualty Unit Women's Services
Casualty of War: Queenie died, aged 23, only weeks before the end of the Second World War in Europe. Her remains were buried in St Mary Magdalene Churchyard.
Inscription
AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE
CROOKS Q.G W/154598 PRIVATE 30.3.1945
W/154598 PRIVATE
QUEENIE GRACE CROOKS
AUX TERRITORIAL SERVICE
30TH MARCH 1945 AGE 23
(CROSS)
FAREWELL, DEAR MUM AND DAD
NO LONGER CAN I STAY
MY HEAVENLY FATHER CALLS
AND HIM I MUST OBEY
Gravesite Details
Her grave is no longer maintained as a war grave by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission; they have erected a memorial as an "Alternative Commemoration" at the front of the churchyard.
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