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Military service
Service number:
5352
Age:
31
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
2nd Field Coy.
Birth:
September 21, 1884
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 11, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. G. 24.
Additional information
Son of Robert Cretney, of Douglas, Isle of Man.
Digital gallery of Corporal James Cretney
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CRABB TO CROSSLAND Microform Sequence 24; Volume Number 31829_B016733. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 168. Page 485 of 788. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Cretney
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Cretney
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Cretney
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Cretney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 72 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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