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Pte. Thomas Crofts
British Army 1st Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Sheffield, Yorkshire
(d.20th January 1944)
Whilst researching my grandfathers history I discovered I had a great uncle called Tom Crofts, who was killed in action on 20th of January 1944 and is buried at Minturno War Cemetery in Italy.
My grandfather, Private George Tolmie, 1/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, was also killed in action at the Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge on the 25th July 1918. After the end of WW1 Georges widow, Elsie, married again to a James Crofts from Sheffield. James was Tom's brother. They went on to have three children, my mother Marion and two sons, Jim and Reg, hence the family connection.
Jim was hit in the back by a piece of shrapnel at Dunkirk, was rescued and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. He was serving in The Black Watch.
Reg served in the Recce Regiment landed on D Day +1 and went right through to Berlin without a scratch.