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Son of Thomas and Annie Ellen Craven, of Manchester, England; husband of Bertha Mary Craven, of Hamilton Bay, Port Chalmers, New Zealand. Came to England with the first division in 1914, and went to France on 10 February 1915.
Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Corporal Thomas Reynold Craven
Digital gallery of
Corporal Thomas Reynold Craven
A member of the first Canadian Contingent. In honoured memory.
Digital gallery of
Corporal Thomas Reynold Craven
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CRABB TO CROSSLAND Microform Sequence 24; Volume Number 31829_B016733. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 168. Page 295 of 788.
Digital gallery of
Corporal Thomas Reynold Craven
From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Thomas Reynold Craven
From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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A member of the first Canadian Contingent. In honoured memory.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CRABB TO CROSSLAND Microform Sequence 24; Volume Number 31829_B016733. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 168. Page 295 of 788.
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Bruay is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 26 kilometres north-west of Arras.
Leave Bruay on the N.41 heading north towards Berck. Turn right where signposts indicate Lews/Calonne Riquart. After 400 metres turn right again, sign Cimetiere Ouest. Continue up the hill past the miner memorial. The cemetery is found after one kilometre on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is in the far right hand corner.
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