John Crilley
Lance Corporal John Crilley
d.31 Jan 1945 aged 29
John was born in Liverpool in 1919. His Parents were George and Margaret. By 1939 the family was living at 15 Halifax Lane. His sister Margaret married another of the War Dead Cecil Tisson in 1942.
John worked at a tin plate factory in Hebden Bridge.
John joined the no.42 Royal Marine Commando in 1940 and served in Indian and Burma.
In January 1945 he was part of an amphibious landing attempting to securing a beachhead at Kamgaw, Myanmar.
He was killed on 31 Jan 1945 aged 25 and was buried at the Taukkyan War Cemetery in Rangoon.