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Cuthbert John Creery

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Cuthbert John Creery

October 20, 1916

Military Service

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps

Division:

21st Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Andrew McCreight Creery and Anna Creery (nee Hulbert), of Vancouver, British Columbia. Enlisted as Tpr. in 11th Canadian Mounted Rifles, afterwards served in R.N.A.S.

Commemorated on Page 570 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

V. A. 9.

Location:

Mericourt-l'Abbe is a village approximately 19 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 10 kilometres south-west of Albert. HEILLY STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres south-west of Mericourt-l'Abbe, on the south side of the road to Corbie.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of October 26, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y274uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of October 26, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y274uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of October 28, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y276uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of October 28, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y276uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Photo of CUTHBERT JOHN CREERY– In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of CUTHBERT JOHN CREERY – In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Biography– In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Biography – In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of November 20, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12213828/Daily-Telegraph-November-20-1916.html

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    Newspaper Clipping – Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of November 20, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12213828/Daily-Telegraph-November-20-1916.html
  • In Memorium– In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    In Memorium
    In Memorium – In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Heilly Station Cemetery– This is Heilly Station Cemetery in France. My daugher Grace is kneeling in front of 2/Lt. Creery's headstone. More can be read about 2/Lt. Creery in the book "A Rattle of Pebbles: The First World War Diaries of Two Canadian Airmen".

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    Heilly Station Cemetery
    Heilly Station Cemetery – This is Heilly Station Cemetery in France. My daugher Grace is kneeling in front of 2/Lt. Creery's headstone. More can be read about 2/Lt. Creery in the book "A Rattle of Pebbles: The First World War Diaries of Two Canadian Airmen".
  • Gravemarker– The grave of 2/Lt. C. J. Creery, taken in Heilly Station Cemetery in France. April 2006.

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    Gravemarker
    Gravemarker – The grave of 2/Lt. C. J. Creery, taken in Heilly Station Cemetery in France. April 2006.

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