Captain Theodore Crean

Theodore Crean 1881 - 1914.

Regiment/Unit: Royal Flying Corps - 4th Sqdn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: and Northamptonshire Regiment

Age at death: 33
Date of death: 26th of October 1914 (Monday)
Born: Manchester, Lancs
Resided: Chester
Burial / Memorial: Arras Flying Service Memorial -

Family details:
Next-of-kin from MIC: Mrs Crean (M), 68 Hough Green, Chester.

Census details:
1881 - 5 months old Theodore is living at 26 Bury New Road, Broughton, M/Chester with parents Richard (35), Lucy M. (31) and sister Madeleine (1). Also at the address are servants Caroline Potter (33), Mary Macbeth (32) and Beatrice Mulhern (23). 1891 - 10 years old 'Scholar' Theodore is living at 147 Bury New Road, Manchester with parents Richard (45), Lucy (41) and two siblings: Madeliene (11), Gabrielle (7). Also at the address are Lucy's father Peter Bolongaer (74) and servants Margaret Scott (45), Alice Barry (25), Esther Hammersley (19). 1901 - At time of census was serving as 2nd Lt with 6Bn Lancashire Fusiliers in the Boer War. He was awarded QSA medal and 5 clasps : Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, SA 1901 and SA 1902 1911 - Sees 30 years old 'Lieutenant' Theodore serving in the Military and based in Egypt, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Sudan.

Notes:
Age taken from census.

[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Captain_Theodore_Crean_zps5d84cd5d.png[/pic][caption]Probate 1915[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Captain_Theodore_Crean2_zpscb494131.png[/pic][caption]De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Crean2_zps091e4755.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Arras Flying Service Memorial beraing the inscription for Captain Theodore Crean[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_ext/LoweHouseMem4.jpg[/pic][caption]Theodore is remembered on the [url=lmem.php?lmem=10]Lowe House Memorial[/caption] [url=http://www.stwerburghchester.co.uk/more-about-st-werburgh%27s/great-war/the-fallen/crean.aspx]Memorial page on St Werburgh's Roman Catholic Parish, Chester[/url]