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Military service
Age:
52
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth:
April 4, 1864
Lincoln, Ontario
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
October 12, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Benoni and Julia Crumb; husband of Jeanette Fry. Served in Canadian Militia for over 20 years.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Eric Leander Crumb
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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 223 of 890. -
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 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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