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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Division:
attd. 7th Trench Mortar Bty.
Birth:
January 28, 1893
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
July 7, 1917
Aldershot, Nova Scotia
Death:
October 23, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George Henry and Elizabeth Agnes Tarswell Crosskill, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Additional citations
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant James Henry Crosskill
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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 781 of 788. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 391 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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