Bowman (Beaumont) Crawford 931214 Private No. 2 Construction Battalion December 25, 1895 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia September 2, 1916 Yarmouth, NS Yarmouth, NS 21 5 feet, ¾ inch Black Black Black Labourer Single African Methodist Episcopal Adelia Crawford (Mother) Yarmouth, NS February 15, 1919 (Halifax) May 6, 1930 Greenville Cemetery, Yarmouth Co., NS Bowman Crawford was the son of Asa Gilford Crawford (1850-1904) and Adelia Victoria (Jarvis) Crawford of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Prior to enlistment with the No. 2 Construction Battalion, Bowman served with the 29th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, Yarmouth, NS. Having trained in Canada, he embarked for overseas, on the SS Southland at Halifax on March 25, 1917 arriving in England on March 7, 1917. He embarked England for service in France arriving there on May 17, 1917. He returned to England on December 14, 1918 and to Canada on January 12, 1919. Having served in Canada, England, and France he was discharged on demobilization on February 15, 1919. Bowman Crawford died on May 6, 1930 at the age of 35.