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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.

Cyril Charles Walker
Group Captain
Royal Canadian Air Force
Darryl James Caswell
Private
The Royal Canadian Dragoons
F84 707 069
David Campbell Brown
Leading Aircraftman
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/115900
David Thompson
Private
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
410060
Dominic Pelusio
Sergeant
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
144347
Donald Alexander Gourley
Captain
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Donald Fraser Shearn
Corporal
Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps
C/70431
Donald Lloyd Breadner
Flying Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/43299
Douglas Alfred Sheffield
Flying Officer
433 All Weather Fighter Squadron
200600
Douglas Dennison Shackleton
Flight Lieutenant
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/13988
Douglas Henry Smith
Private
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
C/31526
Douglas Milton Scanlon
Aircraftman 2nd Class
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/266515
Earl Anderson
Gunner
Canadian Field Artillery
343080
Earle Warwicker Cameron
Company Quarter Master Sergeant
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
C/11332
Edgar William Alexander Tupper
Colonel
Royal Canadian Air Force
T12 280 479
Edmund Scott
Sapper
Canadian Engineers
2265682
Edward Coulthurst Gibbons Chambers
Colonel
Royal Canadian Engineers
Edward Fingiand Hastings
Private
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
34579
Edward George Spittal
Private
Royal Montreal Regiment, R.C.I.C.
D/76290
Edward Gordon Jamieson
Captain
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Edward John Morgan
Lieutenant
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

 

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