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Military service
Service number:
192915
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
"C" Coy. 13th Bn.
Birth:
March 18, 1888
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. C. 15.
Additional information
Son of Randall and Margaret Cronk, of Trenton, Ontario; husband of Nellie Cronk (nee Wentworth), of 328, Jarvis St., Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private Bruce Perry Cronk
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping 2
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Newspaper Clipping
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Cronk enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Cronk enlisted with the 92nd bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 13th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Post Card
Pre-enlistment photo and post card to sister. Photos from the estate of Norman Spencer (great nephew). Clara Spencer (neice) imparted his story to me. -
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 661 of 788. Exhumed from his grave located 1 mile West of Le Sar, 4 1/2 miles South West of Bapaume and re-interred at ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Bruce Perry Cronk
Digital gallery of
Private Bruce Perry Cronk
Digital gallery of
Private Bruce Perry Cronk
Digital gallery of
Private Bruce Perry Cronk
Digital gallery of
Private Bruce Perry Cronk
Digital gallery of
Private Bruce Perry Cronk
Digital gallery of
Private Bruce Perry Cronk
Digital gallery of
Private Bruce Perry Cronk
Digital gallery of
Private Bruce Perry Cronk
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 72 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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