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William Asheton Crawley

In memory of:

Lieutenant William Asheton Crawley

December 30, 1917

Military Service

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

Depot

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CHATBY MEMORIAL
Egypt

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

Chatby is a district on the eastern side of the city of Alexandria, between the main dual carriageway to Aboukir, known as Al Horaya, and the sea. The Chatby Memorial is situated within Chatby War Memorial Cemetery which is located centrally within the main Alexandria cemetery complex, and is bordered by Al Horaya on the south and the electric tramway, which is parallel with Sharia Champollion on the North. Visitors can reach the entrance to the cemetery along the road Sharia Anubis, which lies centrally north/south through the cemetery area. The cemetery is open Saturday to Thursday 07.00 to 14.30, and contains the graves of more than 2,000 British officers and men who fell in the Great War. The Memorial is at the east end of the Cemetery. It is a stone building to the walls of which are fixed panels containing the names of over 900 officers and men who have no other grave but the sea.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • 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 427 of 788.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    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 427 of 788.
  • Appleby College Honour Roll– William Crawley, of Appleby College, began in the infantry. He switched to the Royal Flying Corps. He was sent by ship to Egypt, but the ship he was on was torpedoed by the Germans with the loss of all passengers and crew. The stone tablet at the College commemorates this student.

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    Appleby College Honour Roll
    Appleby College Honour Roll – William Crawley, of Appleby College, began in the infantry. He switched to the Royal Flying Corps. He was sent by ship to Egypt, but the ship he was on was torpedoed by the Germans with the loss of all passengers and crew. The stone tablet at the College commemorates this student.
  • Photo of William Asheton Crawley– William Crawley, was one of Appleby's original students when the school opened in September 1911. Born in England, he joined Appleby at age 14, and played for the First Rugby (Football) team for four years. He left Appleby in December 1915 to take up a commission with the 164th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He went to England in April 1917, but when his battalion was broken up, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He was in charge of a draft of the RFC proceeding to Egypt aboard H.M.S. Aragon when that ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on December 30, and he was reported missing, believed drowned. That report was later confirmed. Photo from the Appleby College Archives

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    Photo of William Asheton Crawley
    Photo of William Asheton Crawley – William Crawley, was one of Appleby's original students when the school opened in September 1911. Born in England, he joined Appleby at age 14, and played for the First Rugby (Football) team for four years. He left Appleby in December 1915 to take up a commission with the 164th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He went to England in April 1917, but when his battalion was broken up, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He was in charge of a draft of the RFC proceeding to Egypt aboard H.M.S. Aragon when that ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on December 30, and he was reported missing, believed drowned. That report was later confirmed. Photo from the Appleby College Archives
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