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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Liverpool
• Land Liverpool, England
• Family Son of Edward and Margaret Crosby, of Voel Gron, Bagillt, Wales; two sisters, Ellen and Annie were on the Lusitania, the ship that was torpedoed by the Germans on 7 May 1915, they both did not survive; a brother, John Jones;
• Extra info Commemorated on the Bagillt War Memorial and on the North Wales Heroes Memorial Arch, Deiniol Road, Bangor

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 23 September 1914, Valcartier
• Service number 5803
• Rank Bombardier
• Regiment and unit 1st Brigade Canadian Field Artillery

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds to the head, leg and arm, n°17 CCS
• Died at the age of 32
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VII - C - 27A

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