Ambrose Crake

A Private with the 1/7th Battalion, Ambrose died on 14th of April 1918 at the age of 25. 

Ambrose was born at Lowestoft in 1893, a son of James and Elizabeth Crake. In 1901 his family lived at 2 Albert Street, Lowestoft. In 1901 they were living at 98 Alexandra Road and Ambrose was a twine-spinner. By 1916 his family were living at 113 Wollaston Road. 

Ambrose enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft in 1916. He joined the Suffolk Regiment, service number 28701. Ambrose was transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment, service number 42668, and was posted to the 1/7th Battalion in France. He was wounded in 1917 and his name appears in the official casualty list, the War Office Daily List, of 23 November 1917.

On 12 April 1918 the 1/7th Battalion moved into positions near Wytchaete, Belgium. The battalion was diary gives no indication of what happened to Ambrose and records, for 14 April, that the battalion headquarters moved to Irish House. Official records show that Ambrose was killed in action on 14 April.