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- Raymond, a Captain in the 105th Batt'n, was killed in Amiens, WWI.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Memorial:
In Memory of
ARTHUR RAYMOND CROCKETT
Lieutenant
8th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regt.)
who died on
Friday, 9th August 1918. Age 37.
Additional Son of John M. and Lydia Crockett, of Pleasant Grove,
Information: Prince Edward Island; husband of Laura E. Bustin (formerly Crockett), of 244, King St. East, Saint John, New Brunswick.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: MANITOBA CEMETERY, CAIX, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ A. 6.
Location: Caix is a village 24 kilometres east of Amiens, between the road to St Quentin and Roye. Manitoba Cemetery is situated between the village of Caix and Beaufort.
Historical The village of Caix was captured by the Canadian Corps
Information: (1st Cavalry Division) on the 8th August, 1918. The cemetery was made by the 1st Canadian Division Burial Officer after the capture of the village. There are now over 100, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to one Canadian soldier believed to be buried among the them. The cemetery covers an area of 507 square meteres and is enclosed by a low stone wall. The name is due to the great number of graves of the 8th Canadian Battalion, which was raised at Winnipeg.
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1881 - 1918 (37 years)
