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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Division:
29th Squadron
Death:
September 20, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. E. 30.
Additional information
Youngest son of William C. and Kate M. Crowther, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Major William Beverley Crowther who served with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)and died on May 3, 1917.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther
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Photo of Stanley Lorne Crowther
From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Grave marker
The Crowther family monument is located at St. James Cemetery, Parliament Street (near Bloor), Toronto. Brothers Stanley Lorne and William Beverley Crowther are remembered on this monument. The monument overlooks a shallow valley towards the back of the cemetery. -
Grave marker inscription
Detail of the memorial inscription for brothers Stanley Lorne and William Beverley Crowther. -
Press Clipping
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World War I memorial tablet
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Inscription
World War One memorial tablet, St. Paul's (Anglican), Bloor St. East, Toronto, Ontario. One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: 'IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE', and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: 'And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content.' -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 576 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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