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Military service
Service number:
135682
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
July 16, 1893
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Charles Albert and Rebecca Crossley, of 16, Seymour Avenue, Cornwall, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Henry Crossley
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Newspaper Obituary
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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. Additional notes: Details included in this book may not have been verified at the time of publication. Pte. Crossley signed his military attestation at Niagara Camp on August 5th, 1915. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of HENRY CROSSLEY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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 1 of 890. Buried in a shell hole near where he fell. -
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)
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