Eddie Crush

Edmund Crush was an English cricketer playing for Kent between 1946 and 1949.

Crush was born in Dover onApril 1917, the youngest of seven brothers. He was educated at the Dover County School for Boys in the 1930s. He served during World War II with the Royal Engineers. On DDay, he was a Subaltern and decorated with the Military Cross for his actions during the fight for Caen by Field Marshal Montgomery. His citation read As a result of his courage and determined leadership, antitank guns, troops and an antitank regiment of the Royal Artillery were able to get up to the objective for consolidation at a very early stage in the battle.

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