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Sergeant-Major Merton Crawford

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1893-09-18
Place of birth: Westmorland New Brunswick Canada
Next of kin: C W Crawford, father. Sheba, Queen’s County, New Brunswick
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1916-10-01
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 111118
Highest Rank: Sergeant-Major
Rank detail
  1. Sergeant (Army). 1916-01-02 ?
  2. Sergeant-Major (Army). ? to 1916-10-01
  3. Sergeant (Army). 1915-03-30 to 1916-01-02
  4. Corporal (Army). ? to 1915-03-30
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Vimy Memorial, France
Awards

Military Medal

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1566766
LAC ID: 124582
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B2123-S060
Uploader's Notes: Son of C. W. Crawford and Ellen M. Crawford of Apohaqui, King's Co., New Brunswick.
Uploader's Research notes:

Source: The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1914 - 1919 (1926, Captain S.G.Bennett) http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/u?/cmh,39960

http://www.4cmr.com/index.htm War Diaries

http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/index.html Nominal Rolls

[Corporal Army Canadian Cavalry 28th New Brunswick Dragoons Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 6th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 4th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles Company Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 4th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles Military Medal ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-04-23