Perthshire Advertiser, 23rd June 1943

“INTIMATIONS - DEATHS"

“CROCKART.- Killed in action in North Africa during April, 1943, Captain David Crockart, R.A.S.C., 51st Division, dearly beloved husband of Margaret Helen Sangster, and much beloved only son of Mr and Mrs David B. Crockart, 152 Glasgow Road, Perth.”

“P.O.W. TRIBUTE TO OFFICER “HE WAS ‘A PROPER GENTLEMAN’" 

“The recently-announced death of Captain David Crockart, R.A.S.C., in North Africa, did not cause regret only in his native city."

“Interned in a prisoner of war camp in Germany are men of the 51st Division who fought with him in France, and among them the news has been received with sorrow."

“This is revealed in a letter which Corporal John Moyes has sent from Stalag 383 to his parents. Mr and Mrs A. Moyes, 34c Ainslie Gardens, Perth. Corporal Moyes writes: ‘We are all sorry to hear about Captain Crockart’s death, as all the time I was with him he was a proper gentleman. All the boys here wish to express their sympathy with Mrs D. Crockart, jun., and Mrs D. Crockart, sen., as he was liked by us all, and we shall miss him when we come home.’"

“Corporal Moyes was taken prisoner at St. Valery, but the R.A.S.C. echelon, of which Captain Crockart was in command escaped from France. Captain Crockart was transferred to the Middle East last summer, and the news that he had been killed in North Africa was received by his parents, Mr and Mrs David B. Crockart, 152 Glasgow Road, early in May.”

“PERTH OFFICER KILLED IN NORTH AFRICA"

“Capt. David Crockart, R.A.S.C., 51st Division, only son of Mr and Mrs David B. Crockart, 152 Glasgow Road, Perth, is officially reported to have been killed in North Africa. Captain Crockart was 28 years old and before the war was in business with his father, the well-known gunsmith, 33 County Place, Perth. He was an excellent shot and for two successive years was champion of the Territorials, which he joined in 1933."

“A popular officer, he was in command of an R.A.S.C. echelon which escaped from France, and was transferred to the Middle East last summer."

“Captain Crockart is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Margaret Sangster of Wester Cultmalundie, who now resides at Eastlands, Galashiels, where she is matron of the day nurseries.”

Perthshire Constitutional and Journal, 30th April 1943

“DEATH OF PERTH OFFICER, CAPTAIN DAVID CROCKART"

“Intimation has been received that Captain David Crockart, 51st (Highland) Division R.A.S.C., has been killed In action. Captain Crockart, who was the son and only child of Mr D. B. Crockart and Mrs Crockart, 152 Glasgow Road, received his commission in the R.A.S.C. of the 51st (Highland) Division in March, 1933, and was promoted to be Captain shortly before the beginning of the war."

"He was mobilised with his Corps shortly before war was declared and went with the 51st Division to France early in 1940. When the Battle of St Valery was fought he was one of a few of the Division who escaped and got through the German lines to reach Le Havre."

"He remained with the reorganised 51st Division and went with that Division to Africa, sharing in the fighting over 2,000 miles of desert."

"In a recent letter home he said he had not seen running water from the time his Corps left the Nile until it reached Tunisia."

"Captain Crockart was a very efficient and very popular officer, about 2½ years ago Captain Crockart married a Perthshire lady, Miss Margaret Sangster, who is at present matron of a Children’s Day Nursery at Galashiels."

"Before the war Captain Crockart assisted his father in his business as a gun and fishing tackle maker in County Place. Widespread sympathy is felt for the young widow and Captain Crockart’s parents.”

David Crockart is also commemorated on the St. Leonard’s U.F. Church War Memorial.