John Alfred Crowley

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

773097

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

May 3rd, 1917

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Essex

Birth city:

Walthamstow

Address at enlistment:

239 Wellington Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

239 Wellington Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Other

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. During operations at Fresnoy, he was instantly killed by a shell, about 4.00 p.m. on May 3rd 1917, shortly after the enemy opened up barrage fire on the trenches.

BX May 26, 1917

Word was received on Saturday by Mrs. C. Crowley of 247 Marlborough Street, wife of Sergeant Crowley, now in England, that her son, Private John Alfred Crowley had been killed in action on May 3. The news came as a great shock to this mother, as he was the only son, and just 18 years of age. He enlisted on May 18, 1916, with the first overseas battalion of the “Duffs,” going across to France with the first draft. His father was with the same battalion but so far as known is still in England with the balance of the battalion. Prior to enlistment Private Crowley worked with the Cockshutt Plow Co. His father, mother and one sister, Sarah, survive the loss of a hero.