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Major John Asheton Critchley

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Military service

Age: 24
Rank: Major
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
Birth: November 4, 1892 Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment: October 16, 1914 Plymouth, England
Death: April 5, 1917

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: II. H. 60.
Additional information
Son of Oswald A. Critchley, of Liverpool, England.
Additional citations

Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 223 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France

Bray-sur-Somme is a village about 9 kilometres south-east of Albert. BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY is north of the village, a little west of the road to Maricourt.

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Alfred Charles Norwich
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Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
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Claude Leighton Moore
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London Regiment
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George Kenneth Simpson
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Royal Flying Corps
Henry West
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Royal Berkshire Regiment
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John Asheton Critchley
Major
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
Reginald George Crocker
Private
The Fort Garry Horse
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