Jack “Jack” Crossley
Sergeant · #2662444 · G2 Patrol · MM
| Rank | Sergeant |
|---|---|
| Service number | #2662444 |
| Patrol | G2 Patrol |
| Regiment | Coldstream Guards |
| Known as | “Jack” |
| Honours | MM |
| POW / KIA | PoW — Dodecanese, 22 Nov 1943 |
What this roll records
HIS MILITARY MEDAL, CONFIRMED AND DATED. London Gazette, 20 July 1943, Issue 36102, page 3317, under “The Military Medal.”, for gallant and distinguished services in the field: “No. 2662444 Guardsman Jack Crossley, Coldstream Guards.” That page carries SEVEN L.R.D.G. men in one block — Crossley, Lewis, Jackson, Gunn, Sturrock, Tighe and Ellis — which is a group award for a single action or period, and the densest piece of documentary evidence about the Group's gallantry found anywhere. Source: The London Gazette.
March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): Navigator
Dodecanese operations, 1943: prisoner of war 22 Nov 1943. Source: Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA (Appendix V), compiled by Jim Patch, LRDG (UK) Association.
Deeper background (2026): his Military Medal was gazetted — “No. 2662444 Guardsman Jack Crossley, Coldstream Guards,” The London Gazette supp. 36102, p.3317 (22 Jul 1943) — consistent with his G (Guards) Patrol service. Source: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36102/page/3317
Original member of the Long Range Patrol (LRP), 1940 — listed with the “LRP” comment in the nominal roll, The Kiwi Scorpions (Brendan O'Carroll).
Aegean/Dodecanese operations, 1943: listed as Sergeant Crossley, service no. 2662444; taken prisoner of war, 22 Nov 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix V, Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA).
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
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