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Son of the late Lt. Col. J. Craig and Eva Beatrice Alice (nee Lambert) Craig. Native of Ganges, British Columbia. Private Craig is commemorated on Salt Spring Island Cenotaph.
Digital gallery of Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
Digital gallery of
Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
Memorial Plaque to John Duncan Beurley not (Beverley as enscribed) Craig killed on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9th, 1917.
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Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Digital gallery of
Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Digital gallery of
Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
Digital gallery of
Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
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 101 of 788.
Digital gallery of
Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
From the Daily Colonist of May 8, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y128uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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Memorial Plaque to John Duncan Beurley not (Beverley as enscribed) Craig killed on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9th, 1917.
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The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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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 101 of 788.
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From the Daily Colonist of May 8, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y128uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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