His story
Peter Critchley was a glass cutter and the son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Critchley of 63 Greenfield Road, St Helens, Lancashire.
A Sergeant in the 1st/1st (East Lancashire) Company, Army Veterinary Corps, he was attached to C Battery, 212th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He died on 30 September 1916, aged 26, and is buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery.
Before the war
- Occupation
- Glass Cutter
- Family
- Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Critchley, of 63, Greenfield Rd., St. Helens, Lancs.
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Sergeant
- Service number
- 90
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 1st/1st (East Lancashire) Company
- Attachment
- C Battery, 212th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 30 September 1916
- Age
- 26
- Cemetery or memorial
- Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
- Grave reference
- C. 26.
Connected men
- Archibald Wright CAMPBELLAlso buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
- Jack HILLIERAlso buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
- Frederick Owen MAYNARDAlso buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
- Frederick Dutson MOSSAlso buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Research record number: 123
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Peter Critchley”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/critchley-peter-90/.
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