FREDERICK JONATHAN CRISP
Born: 1879, Ipswich.
Died: 3rd January 1918; age 40; KiA when a shell burst and a larger splinter from the shell struck him on the back of his head.
E.A.D.T. – Monday, 28th January 1918 – Mrs. Elizabeth Rose Crisp, of 32, St. John’s Road, Earlswood, Surrey, has received news from his captain of the death of her husband, who was killed in action in France on the 3rd January 1918. Gunner Frederick Crisp was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Crisp, of 48, Fitzroy Street, Ipswich, and joined up last March. After eight weeks of training in Ireland, he was passed as a gunner in the R.F.A. He volunteered for a siege gun battery and was at once dispatched to France. He had previously been wounded and had just returned to duty when he fell. In a letter to his wife, his captain says: – “We were being heavily shelled at the time, and we had got all of the men clear, when a shell burst quite close, blowing us over. Your husband, who was from 80 to 100 yards away, was seen to fall. We hurried to his assistance, but found that he was dead. A larger splinter of shell had struck him on the back of his head.”
Gunner Frederick Crisp served his time at the old “Ipswich Journal” office, but had been employed as a linotype operator at the Athenaeum Printing Works, Redhill, for about 15 years.
Residence: 32, St. John’s Road, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey.
Occupation: a Linotype Printer for 15 years at the Athenaeum Printing Works, Redhill, Surrey.
Enlistment Location: Redhill, Surrey, in March 1917.
Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 168056
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery, 279th Siege Battery.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
XIII. H. 5.
Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery,
Leper,
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
Relatives Notified and Address: Son of Jonathan and Catherine Mary Crisp, of 46 and 48, Fitzroy Street, Ipswich, Suffolk; husband of Elizabeth Rose Crisp, of 32, St. John’s Road, Redhill, Surrey.
CENSUS
1881 8, Rendlesham Terrace, Ipswich, Suffolk.
Frederick was 2 years old and living with his parents & sister
Jonathan Crisp, 30, Printer’s Compositor; born Lawford, Essex.
Catherine Mary Crisp (nee Manning), 27; Colchester, Essex.
Edith Kate Crisp, 4 months, born Ipswich.
1891 45, Waterloo Road, Ipswich, Suffolk.
Frederick was 12 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Jonathan, 40, a Printer’s Compositor.
Catherine, 36.
Edith, 10.
Clifford Charles Crisp, 6, born Ipswich.
Ernest Manning Crisp, 2, born Ipswich.
1901 37, Park Road, Hornsey, Middlesex.
Frederick was 22 years old, a Compositor. He lived with his maternal aunt and her family and a visiting maternal cousin.
Benjamin John Lovelace, 53, a Bookseller – own account – at home, born St. Luke’s, Middlesex.
Emily Lovelace (nee Manning), 50, born Colchester.
Percy Edward Lovelace, 21, a Clerk – Wholesale Grocery, born Colchester.
Grace Emily Lovelace, 20, born Colchester.
Kate Manning, 28, an Elementary School Teacher, born Colchester.
1911 146, Earlsbrook Road, Redhill, Surrey.
Frederick was 32 years old and a Linotype Operator – General Printers. He was lodging with Frederick Cooper Crosier, a linotype operator.
On the 13th December 1913, at St. John’s Church, Redhill, Surrey, 32 year old, Frederick, a printer, of 146, Earlebrook Road, Redhill, married 25 year old, Elizabeth Rose Peters, of 199, Earlebrook Road, Redhill, born September 1888, Brighton, East Sussex – daughter of Richard Peters, a billiard marker and Martha Emma Peters (nee West), of 111, Sussex Street, Brighton. Mr. Frederick Cooper Crosier was a witness at the marriage ceremony.
Soldiers’ Effects to Elizabeth R. Crisp – widow.
Frederick is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Margaret’s Church, Ipswich.
Surrey Mirror – Friday, 25th January 1918 – Mrs. Crisp, of 32, St. John’s Road, Redhill, wishes to return thanks for the numerous kind expressions of sympathy received by her in the sad loss she has sustained through the death of her dear husband, Gunner Frederick Crisp, R.G.A.
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