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Military service
Service number:
74099
Age:
32
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
June 7, 1884
Enlistment:
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Harry and Mary Crompton, of Bratford, England; husband of Lena Crompton, of Hawarden, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major Harry Crompton
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Photo of HARRY CROMPTON
In memory of the men from the 28th Battalion CEF who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of HARRY CROMPTON
Great Grand father. First name unknown surname Crompton. -
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 645 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) -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Harry Crompton
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Harry Crompton
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Harry Crompton
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Harry Crompton
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Harry Crompton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 72 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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