Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
80201
Age:
25
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
January 13, 1892
Rye Hill, Yorkshire, England
Enlistment:
March 24, 1915
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
November 6, 1917
Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Betsey Ann Cressey of Seaford, Manchester, England.
Additional citations
Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Harold Sydney Cressey
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Photo of Harold Sydney Cressey
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Commemorative Plaque
WW1 commemorative plaque of Harold Sydney Cressey who died for freedom and honour. -
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 481 of 788. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Harold Sydney Cressey
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Harold Sydney Cressey
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Harold Sydney Cressey
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Harold Sydney Cressey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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