Major Clifford A Cramp

Clifford Arthur Cramp was the son of Edwin Arthur and Nellie Cramp, of Leicester; husband of Margaret Eva Cramp, of Brighton, Sussex, he was granted a commission and volunteered for Airborne forces.

Major Cramp successfully completed parachute training at RAF Ringway on course number 44, from 28 December 1942 to 8 January 1943. He was posted to 8th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).

Maj Cramp was killed in action on 21 August 1944, aged 31, and was given a field burial in Le Bourg, France and was re-interred to Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France, on 2 June 1945.

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