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Military service
Service number:
832028
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
July 15, 1880
Portsmouth, England
Enlistment:
December 28, 1915
Moncton, New Brunswick
Death:
April 28, 1917
France
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cripps, of Portsmouth, England; husband of Mrs. Lucy Cripps, Moncton, New Brunswick.
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Roll of Honour
Canadian National Railways - World War One Roll of Honour. In honoured memory. -
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) -
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Private John William Cripps
Digital gallery of
Private John William Cripps
Digital gallery of
Private John William Cripps
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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