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Son of the late John and Jeanie Cron. (Parkdale Presbyterian Church Memorial).
Digital gallery of Private Robert Cron
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cron
Pte. Robert Cron's name was included on the Matthews-Blackwell Ltd. 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a bookkeeper. Matthews-Blackwell operated meat packing plants in Brantford, Hull, Montreal, Peterborough and Toronto. Image source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses.
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cron
Robert Cron enlisted in the 170th Battalion C.E.F. in Toronto on March 10th, 1916. In honoured memory.
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cron
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cron
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Image gallery
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Pte. Robert Cron's name was included on the Matthews-Blackwell Ltd. 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a bookkeeper. Matthews-Blackwell operated meat packing plants in Brantford, Hull, Montreal, Peterborough and Toronto. Image source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses.
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Robert Cron enlisted in the 170th Battalion C.E.F. in Toronto on March 10th, 1916. In honoured memory.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Page 223 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (PROSPECT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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