Cyril Alfred William Crichton
Died:
24 Adar 5675 (10 March 1915)
Basic Information
Birth
Death
Date of death:
24 Adar 5675 (10 March 1915)
Place of death:
Neuve Chapelle, France
Cause of death:
Killed in Action
Burial place:
Le Touret Military Cemetery
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Places
Addresses
Family Home:
17 Portman Street, London
Schools
Name:
Exeter College, Oxford
Synagogues
Name:
West London Synagogue
Private Memorial
His body was found in 1925. There is a private memorial next to the
Indian Memorial, dedicated to 2nd Lieutenant Cyril Alfred William
Crichton. The inscription reads:
In ever loving memory of Cyril Alfred William Crichton 2nd Lieut 3rd
Battalion London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers, who died here on March 10th, 1915. He whom this memorial commemorates was numbered among those who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice, giving up their lives that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten. Il a donné sa vie et toutes ses joies terrestres pour ce qu’il estimait au dela de tout, l’honneur de sa patrie….
Family
Siblings
Ethel Mary Sara Crichton (female)
Parents
Father: Lionel Crichton (male)
Mother: Fannie Crichton (female)
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Military Record
Date enlisted/conscripted:
1913
Date discharged/death:
10 March 1915
Rank at discharge/death:
Second Lieutenant
Assignments
Regiment:
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Battalion/unit:
3rd Battalion
Campaigns:
Battle of Neuve Chapelle
Roll of Honour
C. A. CRICHTON, 10 March 1915
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Date of Death:
10 March 1915
Regiment / service:
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 3rd Bn.
Cemetery:
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'avoue, France
Grave reference:
IV. C. 34.
Personal inscription:
ONLY SON OF LIONEL AND FANNIE CRICHTON
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