Category: Military
Rank: Private
Regiment or Ship: Army Veterinary Corps.
Service Number(s): SE/24421
Occupation: Milkman
Date of Birth: 1883
Place of Birth: Bexhill on Sea, Sussex
Date of Death: 15.12.1945
Place of Death: Guildford, Surrey
Address: 48 Reginald Road, Bexhill on Sea
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Family Information
Parents: Moses Cramp (1844-1908) and Charlotte Cramp, nee Hebden, (1849-1909).
Siblings: Charlotte (1868-); Moses (1870-1870); Ellen (1871-); Emma (1873-); John (1874-); Edward (1876-1949); Alice (1878-1960); William (1879-1952) LINK TO W0352 CRAMP William David; Harriet (1881-); Ernest (1888-).
In 1901 Moses, Charlotte, Ernest, and Alice were living at Turkey Farm, Turkey Road, Bexhill on Sea.
Charles married Elizabeth Snashall (1879-1980) in 1905 in Eastbourne and they had one child, a son, Charlie Francis (1908-1970). In the 1911 Census they were living at 34 Reginald Road – moving to No. 48 sometime before 1918.
First World War Experience
Like so many other soldiers, Charles’ Service Records have not survived so we know nothing of his war service. He enlisted in 1915 and served in Salonika. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.