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Lorne Bean Craig

In memory of:

Lieutenant Lorne Bean Craig

September 30, 1918

Military Service

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

58th Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Son of James Archibald and Margaret W. Craig, of 900, Washington St., Peekskill, New York, U.S.A.

Commemorated on Page 391 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

QUARRY WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. A. 7.

Location:

Sains les Marquion is a village approximately 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai road (D939). The QUARRY WOOD CEMETERY lies at the end of an access path to the left of the D15 road heading towards Havrincourt, about 2 kilometres from the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– 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 113 of 788.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – 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 113 of 788.
  • St Thomas (Anglican) Church– St. Thomas (Anglican) Church, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario. The octagonal Baptistry (1917) houses a central baptismal font, and also serves as a World War One memorial for the war dead of this parish. The room includes stained glass windows by the Bromsgrove Guild. These show images of medieval knights, St. Michael the Archangel and St. George, and a wounded soldier in a circa 1914-1918 military uniform standing among red poppies. Individually inscribed wooden war memorial panels line the walls. Each panel includes the name of a war casualty in gilt lettering with rank, unit and date of death.

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    St Thomas (Anglican) Church
    St Thomas (Anglican) Church – St. Thomas (Anglican) Church, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario. The octagonal Baptistry (1917) houses a central baptismal font, and also serves as a World War One memorial for the war dead of this parish. The room includes stained glass windows by the Bromsgrove Guild. These show images of medieval knights, St. Michael the Archangel and St. George, and a wounded soldier in a circa 1914-1918 military uniform standing among red poppies. Individually inscribed wooden war memorial panels line the walls. Each panel includes the name of a war casualty in gilt lettering with rank, unit and date of death.
  • War Memorial Window– One of the sets of War Memorial stained glass windows in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry.

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    War Memorial Window
    War Memorial Window – One of the sets of War Memorial stained glass windows in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry.
  • Memorial– A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to Lt. Lorne Bean Craig. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – A detail of the memorial panel dedicated to Lt. Lorne Bean Craig. Located in the St. Thomas Church Baptistry, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Newspaper article announcing Lt. Lorne Bean Craig's Military Medal: "For conspicuous gallantry in reconnoitering the enemy's line under fire, both by day and by night, and rendering very valuable reports before and after operations, and gallant conduct near Courcelette, on Sept. 20, 1916."

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Newspaper article announcing Lt. Lorne Bean Craig's Military Medal: "For conspicuous gallantry in reconnoitering the enemy's line under fire, both by day and by night, and rendering very valuable reports before and after operations, and gallant conduct near Courcelette, on Sept. 20, 1916."
  • Grave marker

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker
  • Attestation Papers

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    Attestation Papers
    Attestation Papers

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