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Military service
Service number:
222554
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
85th Bn.
Birth:
February 16, 1897
Quebec City, Québec
Enlistment:
November 5, 1915
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1.C.38.
Additional information
Son of Arthur M. and Gwendolyn Crofton, of Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private Eric Blake Crofton
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Inscription
Letter of thanks and personal thoughts to Private Eric B. Crofton. Left by Captain John Graham, May 2015, during Eastern Arctic Area Cadets Pilgrimage of Remembrance. -
Grave Marker
Grave of Private Eric B. Crofton, taken by Captain John Graham, May 2015, during Eastern Arctic Area Cadets Pilgrimage of Remembrance. -
Paying respects
Captain John Graham, Iqaluit, Nunavut, paying respects to Private Eric B. Crofton, May 2015. (Eastern Arctic Area Cadet Pilgrimage of Remembrance.) -
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 623 of 788. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Canadian Cemetery No 2
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Private Eric Blake Crofton
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Blake Crofton
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Blake Crofton
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Blake Crofton
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Blake Crofton
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Blake Crofton
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Blake Crofton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 223 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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