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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Enlistment:
London, Ontario
Death:
October 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 19.
Additional information
Son of George J. A. and Lomila K. Crawford, of Sarnia, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Royal Bruce Crawford
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Photo of Royal Bruce Crawford
Enlisted with the 33rd Battalion on May 11, 1915. Transferred to the 1st Battalion. Lt. Crawford earned his commission on the field, and also the Military Medal for bravery at Vimy Ridge. Killed in action at Agincourt. -
Photo of Royal Crawford
33rd Battalion Photo Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture 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 393 of 788. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Royal Bruce Crawford
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Royal Bruce Crawford
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Royal Bruce Crawford
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Royal Bruce Crawford
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 391 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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