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Feb 1, 1889
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Born at
Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK
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Dec 7, 1915
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Attested into
the 126th Battalion at Brampton Ontario
Ø Number 775461
Ø Next of kin given as Thomas Crewe, bother, address not known
o This was later changed to read Bob Royce, friend, of Palgrave Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Farm Labourer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Methodist
It would
appear that Charles Crewe could not read or write as he signed all of the documents in his
file with an “X” and had it witnessed as “his mark”
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Aug 14, 1916
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Embarked the
Empress of Britain at Halifax Nova Scotia
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Aug 24, 1916
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Disembarked at
Liverpool England
Upon
disembarking, Pte Crewe was admitted to the 1st Western General Hospital at
Bramshott diagnosed with Measles
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Sep 11, 1916
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Discharged to
duty from hospital
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Oct 15, 1916
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The 126th
Battalion was broken up to reinforce other Battalions and Pte Crewe was transferred to the
116th Battalion at Bramshott
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Dec 22, 1916
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Posted to the 21st
Battalion
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Dec 23, 1916
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Arrived at the
CBD (Canadian Base Depot) at the Rouelles Camp, Havre France, as part of a draft of 162
reinforcements
TOS (Taken On
Strength) the 21st Battalion
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Jan 18, 1917
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Left the CBD and
joined the 2nd Entrenching Battalion at Hersin
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Feb 26, 1917
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Joined the 21st
Battalion in the front line trenches near Thelus
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Apr 9, 1917
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Because his
body was never recovered, or if so, was never identified, he is commemorated on the Vimy
Ridge Memorial
After the
war, the following were sent to his brother, Thomas George Crewe, at Box 1149 Orillia
Ontario
British War
Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque (Dead
Man’s Penny) and Scroll
There was no
Memorial Cross issued as his mother had predeceased him and he was not married
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