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Wing Commander Francis John Crossfield

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Military service

Service number: C/58
Age: 60
Rank: Wing Commander
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth: April 10, 1880 Langwathby, Cumberland, England
Death: June 1, 1940

Burial/memorial information

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Grave reference: Sec. 21. Lot 61.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Dorathea Crossfield. Brother of James Sarginson Crossfield of Westmoreland, England. Husband of Edith Adeline (nee Botterell) Crossfield, of Ottawa, Ontario. At the outbreak of the First World War, Wing Commander Crossfield cabled to report to England as he was on Reserve of the 16th Lancers. When no reply was received in three days,he enlisted as a private with the Canadian Mounted Rifles. He was eventually traced by the Lancers, but was given permission to stay with the Canadian Mounted Rifles. When the war ended he was a Sergeant.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.

The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Adam Tozeland Shillington
Colonel
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Alan John Prins
Private
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
K52 104 431
Albert Edmond Foley
Private
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
D/122547
Albert Edward Himes
Private
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
145774
Albert Ellis
Warrant Officer Class II
Royal Canadian Air Force
869
Albert William Richards
Private
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
C/27255
Alexander Campbell
Captain
Canadian Engineers
Alexander Pratt Menzies
Private
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
234686
Alexander Rennie
Gunner
Canadian Field Artillery
319875
Alfred Hardie
Corporal
Canadian Army Pay Corps
82041
Alfred John Lawrence
Lieutenant
Canadian Ordnance Corps
Allan Baxter
Corporal
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
144551
Allan Macdonald Downes
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
V/6613
Allan Maurice James Stewart
Master Corporal
The Royal Canadian Dragoons
Amos Walter Bonnell
Private
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
246099
Andrew Alexander Ambrose
Corporal
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
D/121680
Andrew Barton Hellard
Corporal
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/96230
Andrew Bischta
Private
Canadian Forestry Corps
2160280
Arthur Douglas Livingston
Lieutenant
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Arthur Ernest Mitchell
Corporal
Royal Garrison Artillery
76639
Arthur Hawke
Private
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
410504

 

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