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Military service
Service number:
633616
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
November 30, 1896
Todmorden, England
Enlistment:
Cornwall, Ontario
Death:
November 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. D. 8.
Additional information
Son of C. A. and Rebecca Crossley, of Cornwall, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Crossley
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Press Clipping
Source: Canada's Heroes in the Great World War / Cornwall, Alexandria, Vankleek Hill, Hawkesbury and Intermediate Points. Edited by Noah J. Gareau. Memorial Edition / Volume I. War Publications Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, 1921. -
Grave marker
Photo of John Crossley's grave. They were taken at the request of relatives in Cornwall, Ontario. -
Cemetery
John Crossley's grave, photo taken at the request of the family. -
Cemetery
Just outside of Ypres. -
Circumstances of death registers
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 5 of 890. Brother of Private Henry Crossley (Service Number:135682) who was killed in action at Courcelette on September 15, 1916.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 223 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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