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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
March 27, 1889
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 2, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 3, 1917
Fresnoy, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. H. 11.
Additional information
Son of William C. and Kate M. Crowther, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Second Lieutenant Stanley Lorne Crowther who died on September 20, 1917 while serving with the Royal Flying Corps.
Additional citations
Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Major William Beverley Crowther
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Coupure de presse
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo de Beverley 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. -
Plaque commémorative
Major W. B. 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. -
Pierr tombale
The Crowther family monument is located at St. James Cemetery, Parliament Street (near Bloor), Toronto. Brothers William Beverley and Stanley Lorne Crowther are remembered on this monument. The monument overlooks a shallow valley towards the back of the cemetery. -
Inscription sur la pierre tombale
Detail of the memorial inscription for brothers William Beverley and Stanley Lorne Crowther. -
Coupure de presse
Newspaper clipping of a letter written by W. B. Crowther just after the 2nd battle of Ypres. -
Coupure de presse
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The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918". -
Commémoratif de guerre
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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.' -
Coupure de presse
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Coupure de presse
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Photo de WILLIAM BEVERLEY CROWTHER
Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Mémorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo de WILLIAM BEVERLEY CROWTHER
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Coupure de presse
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Formulaire d'enregistrement des tombes
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 181 of 890. -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram April 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram November 1914, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Mémorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 223 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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