Name: Vernon Guy Crosby Rank: Gunner Service No: 2100926, 282929 219th Overseas Highland Battalion, and the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery Date of Birth: October 27, 1898 Place of Birth: Gardners Mills, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: March 13, 1916 Place of Enlistment: Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: Gardners Mills, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 17 Trade: Farmer Next of Kin: Judson Crosby (Father), Gardners Mills, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Date of Death: December 15, 1972 Age: 74 Cemetery: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Vernon was the son of Judson William Crosby (1874-1948) and Caroline Minola Eldridge (1877-1942), and the husband of Vera Viola Boone Crosby (1902-1975). Vernon’s siblings were Verna G Crosby (b. 1899), Clara Jeanette Crosby (1902-1982), Hazel Evelyn Crosby, (1906-1999), Ruth Marion Crosby (1910-2004), Lester Judson Crosby (1916-1916), and Eva Elizabeth Crosby (1918-2005). Prior to active enlistment in WWI, Vernon also served with the 29th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery in Yarmouth, NS. Vernon served in Canada and in England. He was discharged March 18, 1919, at Halifax, NS.