A later German Spring Offensive casualty Battle of the Somme Military Medal, GVR 1st type bust awarded to Lieutenant Charles Crapper, 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, late Corporal C. Crapper, 71st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, whose award was announced in the London Gazette of 9th December 1916 - this Gazette covering awards from the Battle of the Somme during September and October 1916. Later commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Regiment on 18th July 1917, he was wounded duriung the almost continuous fighting of the first days of the German Spring Offensive in 1918, then invalided to England by hospital ship and subsequently died of his wounds on 26th April 1918. He is buried in the Bradfield (St. Nicholas) Churchyard and remembered on the Bradfield Memorial Wheel Cross at St. Nicholas Church, Bradfield.
Military Medal, GVR 1st type bust; (34959 CPL. C. CRAPPER. 71/F.A. R.A.M.C.) Court-mounted for wear.
Condition: court-mounted for wear, toned, Nearly Extremely Fine
Charles Crapper saw service as a Corporal (No. 34959) and later Lance Serjeant with 71st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps on the Western Front from 27th August 1915. He would be awarded the Military Medal in the London Gazette of 9th December 1916 which covers awards for the Battle of the Somme during September and October 1916. He would later be commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Regiment on 18th July 1917. He would travel to France with the 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment and would be wounded in the almost continuous fighting of the first ten days of the German Spring Offensive in 1918.
Returning to England on a hospital ship, Charles Crapper subsequently died of his wounds on 26th April 1918 and is now buried in Bradfield (St. Nicholas) Churchyard. He is noted as the husband of L. Crapper of 8 Cavendish Road, St. John’s Road, London. He is also remembered on the Bradfield Memorial Wheel Cross at St. Nicholas Church, Bradfield.
