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Military service
Service number:
769411
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
May 31, 1894
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 11, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 16.
Additional information
Son of Mr. I. and Mrs. Emily Crowley, of 1982, Yonge St., North Toronto, Ontario.
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 165 of 890. -
Circumstances of death registers
"Killed in Action" Was instantly killed by an enemy shell, in the railway cutting near Iwuy. Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Crowley
Digital gallery of
Private William Crowley
Digital gallery of
Private William Crowley
Digital gallery of
Private William Crowley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 392 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NIAGARA CEMETERY, IWUY Nord, France
Iwuy is a village approximately 8 kilometres north-east of Cambrai and NIAGARA CEMETERY, IWUY, is 1 kilometre south-east of the village.
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