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Military service
Service number:
E/30042
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 10, 1921
Campbelton, Restigouche, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
July 31, 1940
Matapédia, Québec
Death:
December 25, 1941
Stanley, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 24.
Additional information
Son of Duncan Irvine and Georgina McDavid, of Mann Settlement, Bonaventure, Québec.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defence Medal and Hong Kong Bar.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Crandel Irvine
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Photo of Crandel Irvine
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Memorial
Rifleman CRANDEL IRVINE is one of 18 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Newspaper clipping
Rifleman CRANDEL IRVINE was reported Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 242th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943. This casualty list also contains the name of GORDON IRVINE of Mann Settlement, Quebec. Gordon was the son of William H. and Lillian Irvine, while Crandel was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Irvine, all of Mann Settlement, Quebec, so they may have been cousins. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Crandel Irvine
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Crandel Irvine
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Crandel Irvine
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Crandel Irvine
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Crandel Irvine
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Crandel Irvine
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 33 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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