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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
19th Sqdn
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Dr. H. Bedell Crane and Kate C. Crane, of East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A. Born in America. Educated at Toronto University. Enlisted September 1915.
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Arras Flying Services Memorial
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Inscription
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The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The names of the fallen were carved on the Memorial Screen seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks -
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by Daivd Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
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 229 of 788.
Digital gallery of
Captain John Wilbur Crane
Digital gallery of
Captain John Wilbur Crane
Digital gallery of
Captain John Wilbur Crane
Digital gallery of
Captain John Wilbur Crane
Digital gallery of
Captain John Wilbur Crane
Digital gallery of
Captain John Wilbur Crane
Digital gallery of
Captain John Wilbur Crane
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 391 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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