Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Asheton Crawley
In memory of:
Lieutenant William Asheton Crawley
December 30, 1917
Military Service
Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Depot
Additional Information
Commemorated on Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CHATBY MEMORIAL
Egypt
N/A
Chatby is a district on the eastern side of the city of Alexandria, between the main dual carriageway to Aboukir, known as Al Horaya, and the sea. The Chatby Memorial is situated within Chatby War Memorial Cemetery which is located centrally within the main Alexandria cemetery complex, and is bordered by Al Horaya on the south and the electric tramway, which is parallel with Sharia Champollion on the North. Visitors can reach the entrance to the cemetery along the road Sharia Anubis, which lies centrally north/south through the cemetery area. The cemetery is open Saturday to Thursday 07.00 to 14.30, and contains the graves of more than 2,000 British officers and men who fell in the Great War. The Memorial is at the east end of the Cemetery. It is a stone building to the walls of which are fixed panels containing the names of over 900 officers and men who have no other grave but the sea.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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