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Overseas with The Royals (1915)
Amiens (1918)
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Monchy-le-Preux (1918)
Badges - Signs of the Times
The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
A Regimental Goat
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The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Lieut. James Henry Crosskill
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - Lieut. J.H. Crosskill
Lieut. James Henry Crosskill (1918)
Service:
- Commissioned June 1913
- Captain from 31 Aug 1915.
- Prior service; 4 years, 66th Regt. P.L.F., Lieut.
- Serving in 66th Regiment, Princess Louise Fusiliers, at time of attestation
- Adjt, N.S. Railway Construction and Forestry Depot, C.E.F., 30 Jul 1917 to 18 Feb 1918
- Sailed from Canada 10 Apr 1918
- Reverted to Lieut. 18 Jul 1918
- Joined The R.C.R. from C.C.R.C. 30 Aug 1918
- Courses:
- Musketry
- Physical Training & Bayonet Fighting
- Anti-Gas
- Map Reading
- Revolver
Lieut. Crosskill has no known grave, he is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial; Pas de Calais, France.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial: J.H. Crosskill
Date of Birth - 28 Jan 1893