Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
Depot
Birth:
May 23, 1897
Loughton, Epping Forest District, Essex, England
Enlistment:
April 12, 1916
Oakville, Ontario
Death:
December 30, 1917
Egypt
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Asheton Crawley
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Photo of William Asheton Crawley
William Crawley, was one of Appleby's original students when the school opened in September 1911. Born in England, he joined Appleby at age 14, and played for the First Rugby (Football) team for four years. He left Appleby in December 1915 to take up a commission with the 164th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He went to England in April 1917, but when his battalion was broken up, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He was in charge of a draft of the RFC proceeding to Egypt aboard H.M.S. Aragon when that ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on December 30, and he was reported missing, believed drowned. That report was later confirmed. Photo from the Appleby College Archives -
Appleby College Honour Roll
William Crawley, of Appleby College, began in the infantry. He switched to the Royal Flying Corps. He was sent by ship to Egypt, but the ship he was on was torpedoed by the Germans with the loss of all passengers and crew. The stone tablet at the College commemorates this student. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CRABB TO CROSSLAND Microform Sequence 24; Volume Number 31829_B016733. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 168. Page 427 of 788.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Asheton Crawley
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Asheton Crawley
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Asheton Crawley
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Asheton Crawley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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