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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Ballachurry
• Land Isle of Man
• Family Third son of John Christian Crellin and Sophia Crellin
• Education King William's College (Castletown); Royal Military College (Sandhurst)
• Profession Service-man
• Extra info Husband of Valerie Crellin, of Myrtle Hill, Ramsey, Isle of Man

Military service

• Rank Lieutenant Colonel
• Medals D S O and Bar
• Regiment and unit 15th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
• Other data related to military career Gazetted 2nd Lt. Sherwood Foresters February 1912; to France 4 September 1914; promoted Lt. November 1914 and Captain February 1916;

Death

• Wounded 7 October, Doll's House, south of Ypres
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds in n°10 CCS
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXX - C - 16

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