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Arthur Crotin

In memory of:

Signalman Arthur Crotin

August 23, 1944
In the field, France

Military Service

Service Number:

B/132344

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

Additional Information

Born:

April 12, 1922
Chipele, Russia

Enlistment:

September 8, 1942
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Harry and Sonia Crotin of Ansonville, Ontario.

Brother of Lance Bombardier Walter Joseph Crotin, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Artillery.

Commemorated on Page 283 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

IV.F.22.

Location:

The town of Bayeux, in Normandy, lies 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. Bayeux War Cemetery is situated in the south-western outskirts of the town, on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware. Bayeux is an ancient and historic town of Normandy. Its cathedral was the seat of Bishop Odon, half-brother of William the Conqueror, who took part in the invasion of England; and in it is the tomb of an English soldier of the Hundred Years' War. Bayeux was the first French town of importance to be liberated from the Germans in June 1944. On the opposite side of the road stands the Bayeux Memorial to 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Grave marker - Bayeux War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Grave Marker – Grave marker - Bayeux War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave marker– Recently visited the Bayeux cemetery in July 2019 on commemoration of D-Day Landings. THis was one of a number of Jewish graves I found there.

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    Grave marker – Recently visited the Bayeux cemetery in July 2019 on commemoration of D-Day Landings. THis was one of a number of Jewish graves I found there.
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Obituary– Arthur Crotin is honoured on page 17 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca

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    Obituary
    Obituary – Arthur Crotin is honoured on page 17 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca

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