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Military service
Service number:
126482
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
September 18, 1895
Enlistment:
Galt, Ontario
Death:
January 2, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Jane Crichton, of 27, North Main St., South Hadley Falls, Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.A., and the late Robert Crichton.
Brother of Private Robert Crichton, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private William Crichton
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Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Photo of William Crichton
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. 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 515 of 788. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of WILLIAM CRICHTON
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Digital gallery of
Private William Crichton
Digital gallery of
Private William Crichton
Digital gallery of
Private William Crichton
Digital gallery of
Private William Crichton
Digital gallery of
Private William Crichton
Digital gallery of
Private William Crichton
Digital gallery of
Private William Crichton
Digital gallery of
Private William Crichton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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