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George Chester Crozier

In memory of:

Cadet George Chester Crozier

July 2, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

153518

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Additional Information


Son of Hugh George and Jessie D. Crozier, of Mono Mills, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 585 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ORANGEVILLE (FOREST LAWN) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Forest Sect., Plot 25, Grave 10

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Monument– Orangeville (Dufferin County) Ontario War Memorial.
  • Grave Marker– The grave of Cadet G.C. Crozier (who was killed in a flying accident), marked by a Commonwealth War Graves Commission stone, in the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Mono, Ontario, just outside Orangeville.  A personal inscription near the bottom of the stone reads: "PER ARDUA AD ASTRA" (i.e. the Royal Air Force motto, traditionally translated as "Through Adversity to the Stars.") (This image was taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012.  It may be copied and used without further permission.)
  • Family Memorial– Cadet Crozier is also commemorated on this family monument in the Forest Lawn Cemetery, outside Orangeville, Ontario.  (This image was taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012.  It may be copied and used without further permission.)
  • Inscription– A panel on the Crozier family's monument on which Cadet G. Chester Crozier is commemorated.  (This image was taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012.  It may be copied and used without further permission.)
  • Newspaper Clipping– This report appeared in the July 11, 1918 issue of the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario) at page 6.  Note: Camp Hoare, named after Lieutenant-Colonel (later Brigadier-General) C.G. Hoare, commanding officer of the Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force in Canada, was the RAF airfield at Camp Borden, west of Barrie, Ontario.

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