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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
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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