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John Duncan Beverley Craig

In memory of:

Private John Duncan Beverley Craig

April 9, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

707241

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

54th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

March 15, 1898
Salt Springs Island, British Columbia

Son of the late Lt. Col. J. Craig and Eva Beatrice Alice (nee Lambert) Craig. Native of Ganges, British Columbia. Private Craig is commemorated on Salt Spring Island Cenotaph.

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:

BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. B. 7.

Location:

Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.

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 101 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 101 of 788.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of May 8, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y128uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of May 8, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y128uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Memorial Plaque– Memorial Plaque to John Duncan Beurley not (Beverley as enscribed) Craig killed on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9th, 1917.

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    Memorial Plaque
    Memorial Plaque – Memorial Plaque to John Duncan Beurley not (Beverley as enscribed) Craig killed on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9th, 1917.
  • Grave Marker– The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
  • Bois Carre British Cemetery– The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Bois Carre British Cemetery
    Bois Carre British Cemetery – The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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