Ron Crumpler recalled; 'My father was an extremely good shot with both rifle and shot gun. He rarely missed. Like all sporting marksmen he shot with both eyes wide open and the range setting on his riffle was never changed. In clay pigeon shooting he was champion gamekeeper of Kent in 1938 and, after the war, champion gamekeeper of the UK. His father, on retiring at 65, became a member of the English team and retained his position, without break, until the age of 70. This ability ran in the family until it came to me!'
Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
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Wiston Patrol | Patrol member | 31 May 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
Gamekeeper
The son of Walter and Alice he married Ethel Hoyle in 1929.
A WW1 veteran he joined in June 1918 and served as Sergeant 62312 until March 1920 in 51st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. He was recorded as 5 foot 6 inches with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Ron Crumpler
TNA ref WO199/3391