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Son of Lomila and the late George Crawford, of Sarnia, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Robert Palmer Crawford
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert Palmer Crawford
Enlisted with the 37th Battalion at Sault Ste. Marie,on January 1, 1915. Tranferred to the 48th Highlanders, Machine Gun Section, 15th Battalion, 3rd Brigade. Killed in action at the Somme.
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Lance Corporal Robert Palmer Crawford
Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team
DILEAS GU BRATH.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert Palmer Crawford
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.
DILEAS GU BRATH
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert Palmer Crawford
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team..
DILEAS GU BRATH
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert Palmer Crawford
Cap badge of the 37th Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project.
DILEAS GU BRATH
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Lance Corporal Robert Palmer Crawford
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Lance Corporal Robert Palmer Crawford
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert Palmer Crawford
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. This memorial commemorates all members of the unit who fell during the Somme offensive of 1916 and in particular describes the actions on 26 September during the Battle of Theipval Ridge. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert Palmer Crawford
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 389 of 788.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Robert Palmer Crawford
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Enlisted with the 37th Battalion at Sault Ste. Marie,on January 1, 1915. Tranferred to the 48th Highlanders, Machine Gun Section, 15th Battalion, 3rd Brigade. Killed in action at the Somme.
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Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH.
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15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap badge of the 37th Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. This memorial commemorates all members of the unit who fell during the Somme offensive of 1916 and in particular describes the actions on 26 September during the Battle of Theipval Ridge. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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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 389 of 788.
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In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Commemorated on:
Page 72 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
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