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Charles Stuart Gibsone Crombie

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Charles Stuart Gibsone Crombie

October 19, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/65503

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Son of Robert Lionel and Daphne Crombie, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of R. Joanne Crombie.

Commemorated on Page 67 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

FAJARA WAR CEMETERY
Gambia

Grave Reference:

4. A. 1.

Location:

By taxi, ask for the FAJARA WAR CEMETERY on Pipeline Road (Kairaba Avenue) about 1.5 kilometres from Atlantic Road. By foot it is best to ask for Pipeline road. The Cemetery is mid-way between Atlantic Road and Tourist Road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star December 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star December 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter (1)– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter (1) – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter (2)– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter (2) – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of CHARLES STUART GIBSONE CROMBIE– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of CHARLES STUART GIBSONE CROMBIE – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Photo of CHARLES STUART GIBSONE CROMBIE – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Family Monument– Charles S. G. Crombie is remembered on the family monument located in St. James Cemetery, Parliament Street, Toronto. Photographed May 2003.

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    Family Monument
    Family Monument – Charles S. G. Crombie is remembered on the family monument located in St. James Cemetery, Parliament Street, Toronto. Photographed May 2003.
  • Detail of monument inscription.

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    Detail of monument inscription.
    Detail of monument inscription.
  • Grave marker– Fajara Cemetery

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Fajara Cemetery

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