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Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 2.
Additional information
Son of James A. and Sarah A. Creighton, of Doons, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Ireland.
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Lt creighton 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 -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Lt Creighton 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 -
Shoulder Patch
Shoulder Patch 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Alvey 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 -
Grave Marker
Grave Marker. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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 451 of 788. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Ernest Creighton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Creighton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Creighton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Creighton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Creighton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Creighton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Creighton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Creighton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 391 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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