Language selection


Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

David Craig

In memory of:

Sergeant David Craig

March 27, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

110110

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)

Citation(s):

Military Medal, Supplement to the London Gazette dated 21 December 1916. British War Medal, Victory Medal

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

February 26, 1893
Liverpool, England

Enlistment:

February 19, 1915
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Catherine Craig of Liverpool, England.

Commemorated on Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. H. 1.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Do you have photographs or personal memorabilia relating to David Craig that you want included in our digital collection?

Send us your images

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: