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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.

Harold Halford Matthews
Major General
Canadian Army General List
Harold Herbert Chadwick
Sergeant
Canadian Army Dental Corps
SC 102235
Harold James Duncan
Private
Canadian Army Service Corps
Harold Lloyd Korfman
Sergeant
450 Transport Helicopter Squadron
V54710635
Harry Ballard
Sergeant
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
443207
Harry C Breary
Sergeant
Canadian Expeditionary Force
2729019
Harry Frank Allardice
Cadet
Royal Air Force
153797
Harry Lyall MacPherson
Colonel
Veterans Guard of Canada
Hartley Sampson Ivey
Squadron Leader
Royal Canadian Air Force
C/80
Hedley William Hurlstone Ashbery
Warrant Officer Class II
Canadian Postal Corps
C/97656
Henry Everett Walker
Flight Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
969
Henry Hugh Cowan
Flight Lieutenant
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/85095
Henry Smith
Private
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
81824
Herbert Franklin Powers
Sergeant
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
M/41855
Herbert Kitcheman
Private
Canadian Forestry Corps
3157329
Horace Reuben Howard
Driver
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
C/12711
Horace William Robbins
Flight Lieutenant
CFB Cold Lake
135917
Howard Russel Norris
Wing Commander
432 All Weather Fighter Squadron
19692
Hugh Allan Powers
Corporal
Royal Canadian Air Force
7504
Hume Gordon Shepard
Major
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Irving Streeter
Private
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
1037134

 

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