Name: Jonathan Crowell Rank: Private Regimental Number: 282971 Battalion: 219th Battalion/85th Battalion Date of Birth: November 10, 1882 Place of Birth: Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: March 27, 1916 Place of Enlistment: Yarmouth NS Address at Enlistment: Yarmouth NS Age at Enlistment: 33 Height: 5 feet, 5 inches Complexion: Medium Eyes: Grey Hair: Dark Brown Previous Military : 29th Battery, CFA, Yarmouth, NS Trade: Marble Cutter Marital Status: Married Religion: Methodist Next of Kin: Mary B Crowell (Wife) Yarmouth NS Date of Death: October 30, 1917 Age at Death: 34 Cause of Death: Missing, presumed killed at Passchendaele Burial: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium Plot: XXXVI. C. 14. Commemorated on Page 223 of the First World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 19 Jonathan Crowell was the son of William Stanley Crowell and Mary Olivia (Townsend) Crowell of Western Head, Shelburne Co., Nova Scotia. Jonathan Crowell was the husband of Mary Bella Smith. Their children were Murray Victor Crowell (1904-1928), Gladys Muriel Crowell (1907-1960), Zella May Crowell (1909-1953), and Cedric Lloyd Crowell (1912-1971). Jonathan enlisted at Yarmouth with the 219th Battalion Highland Battalion on March 27, 1916, and trained with the Halifax Branch. He embarked Canada on the SS Olympic on October 12th and disembarked in Liverpool, England, on October 18th On December 5, 1916, he was taken on strength with the 42nd Battalion at Witley, England and proceeded to France, arriving there on December 16th. On February 24, 1917, he was transferred to the 85th Battalion. On October 30, 1917, Private Jonathan Crowell was killed in action in the Battle of Passchendaele. Canadian Virtual War Memorial