S4/125657 Corporal
W.H. CRACKNELL
Royal Army Service Corps
27th October 1920
Corporal W H CRACKNELL
Service Number:……………… S4/125657
Regiment & Unit:……………..Royal Army Service Corps
Date of Death:…………………27 October 1920
Buried or commemorated at IPSWICH OLD CEMETERY
Grave:………………………….BA. I. 71.
Source: www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/...
Soldiers Died in the Great War, an HMSO publication from the 1920’s,did not cover as far as this date of death.
The Medal Index Card for S4/125657 Corporal William H. Cracknell, Army Service Corps is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/5/69257
He was originally a Private when he first landed in France on the 13th August 1915.
Other than administrative references there is no other additional information on the card.
Source: discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7241866
As a result of that date of landing he qualified for the 1914/15 Star, as well as the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
The associated medal roll shows him as William Henry Cracknell.
His Service Records do not appear to have survived the incendiary attack during the Blitz on the Warehouse where all the Other Ranks Army Service Records were stored.
The death of a 37 year old William Henry Cracknell was registered in the Ipswich district in the October to December, (Q4) quarter of 1920.
The Ipswich War Memorial website shows genealogical details and that he died at the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital. www.ipswichwarmemorial.co.uk/william-henry-cracknell/