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John Edward Crane

In memory of:

Private John Edward Crane

August 9, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

201769

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)

Additional Information


Born:

March 11, 1892

Husband of Hilma Crane, of 118, Arundel Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 391 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CAIX BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. I. 5.

Location:

The village of Caix is situated about 28 kilometres south-east of Amiens, midway between the N29, Amiens to St. Quentin road, and the D934, Amiens to Roye road. The CAIX BRITISH CEMETERY is south of the village. From the centre of the village on the main road, D28, in the direction of Beaucourt en Santerre, turn left at the D41 in the direction of Le Quesnel. About 200 metres along this road is the local communal cemetery and the first CWGC signpost will be found. Turn left just before the local cemetery and follow the side road where the CAIX BRITISH CEMETERY will be found on the right.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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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 227 of 788.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– An unidentified group photo taken in France of 13 men transferred from the 95th Battalion to the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles. As of right now, 5 of the 13 have been identified with relative positivity based on facial comparisons. They are Robert Miles Richardson standing as the first man in the back row, Harry Bernard Ferris standing third in the back row, George Crane sitting first in the middle row, John Edward Crane sitting next to his brother second in the middle row, and William Robert Loveys sitting as the third man in middle row. Currently in the collection of Andrew Webb-Trezzi
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Newspaper Clipping– This article about the Crane brothers appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram on September 19th, 1917.  The Crane family, originally from Leicester, England, made a significant contribution to the war effort. According to this article, in addition to John and George Crane, their father and a brother, Pte. Albert Crane, all served during the war.  In honoured memory of the Crane family.
  • Newspaper Clipping

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