Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Thomas Crean, V.C.,
He was
educ Clongowes in 1881 to 1883.
Played rugby for Leinster, Ireland and the British Isles.
He played rugby for Ireland in
1894 Home Nations Championship.
He played in all 3 matches.
Ireland won all matches and their first ever championship.
He played rugby for Ireland in
1895 Home Nations Championship.
He played in all 3 matches.
For one of the matches
William O'Sullivan
was also on the team with him.
He played rugby for Ireland in
1896 Home Nations Championship.
He played in all 3 matches.
Ireland won the championship.
He played on the
1896 British Isles rugby tour of South Africa.
Graduated as a doctor in 1896.
Victoria Cross in Boer War:
Served in the Second Boer War 1899-1902.
Served in
Imperial Light Horse.
Became a Surgeon Captain.
Was in combat 18 Dec 1901 at Tygerskloof,
Zululand
(see map).
Attended to the wounded under heavy fire.
Awarded the Victoria Cross (V.C.) on 12 March 1902
for his actions at Tygerskloof.
He mar 1905 to Victoria Heredia
[dau of Senor Don Thomas Heredia,
of Malaga, Spain].
Retired from the army 1906.
Was doctor with private practice in Harley Street, London.
Major in WWI:
Joined the army again
in WWI.
Joined the Royal Army Medical Corps 1914.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) 1915.
Promoted to Major 1916.
Returned to civilian life after WWI ended 1918.
Death, 1923:
He died 25 March 1923, at his residence, 13 Queen Street, Mayfair, London, age 49 yrs.
He is buried in St Mary's Catholic Cemetery,
Kensal Green, London.
See findagrave.
There is also a memorial
to him
at the
National Memorial Arboretum
in Staffordshire.
Victoria died 29 Jan 1929 in Paris.
Thomas and Victoria had issue:
Nameplate on a box of
Thomas Crean's
surgical tools.
Shows him as a
Surgeon in the
Imperial Light Horse in
1899 (serving in the Boer War).
See full size.
From RCSI.
Grave of Thomas Crean, V.C.
St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London.
See full size.
See close-up.
From
findagrave.
Thomas Crean in a series of stamps
(also here)
issued in South Africa in 2001.
Image from here.
Thomas Crean (back row, far RHS) in the
Irish rugby team
that played England on 2 Feb 1895.
From Fine Art America.
See other version.
See other version.
From Alamy.
See
small copy with captions.
From Mary Evans Picture Library.
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