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Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Thorpe Douglas Crowell
Rank:
Private
Regimental Number:
3255536
Battalion:
1st Depot Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment
13th Reserve Battalion
Place of Birth:
East Kemptville, Yarmouth County, NS
Date of Birth:
July 13, 1896
Date of Enlistment:
January 12, 1918
Address at Enlistment:
East Kemptville, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
Place of Enlistment:
St. John, New Brunswick
Age at Enlistment:
21
Height: 5 Feet 3 Inches
Complexion: fair
Eyes: grey
Hair: auburn
Trade:
Machinist
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Baptist
Next of Kin:
Victoria Crowell, (Mother) of East Kemptville, Yarmouth Co. NS
Date of Death:
March 17, 1918
Cause of Death:
Illness
Age at Death:
22
Buried at:
Seaford Cemetery, Sussex, UK
Plot:
A. 3054.
Commemorated on Page 392 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on August 25
Thorpe Crowell was the son of Alden H. and Victoria Crowell of East Kemptville, Yarmouth Co., NS.
In 1916, left East Kemptville for Beverley, Mass where he was employed. He was drafted into the US.
Service on January 7, 1918 at Boston with the 11th Reserve Battalion, 7th Platoon.
On January 11, 1918 the unit sailed for Saint John, New Brunswick where he transferred to the
Canadian Army, 1st Depot Battalion, New Brunswick. He received one month of initial training before
being sent overseas.
The Battalion embarked Canada on the SS Melita at Halifax, Nova Scotia February 18, 1918 and
disembarked in Liverpool, England March 4, 1918. During the crossing he became ill and on arrival in
England was sent to the 14th Canadian General Hospital, Eastbourne suffering from coryza
(inflammation of the upper respiratory tract). Measles broke out on March 5, 1918 and he was
admitted to Ravenscroft Military Hospital, Seaford, England on March 6, 1918 and was transferred to
Borough Isolation Hospital which handled cases of infectious diseases for No. 14 Canadian General
Hospital on March 13, 1918. He developed broncho-pneumonia and died of heart failure at 1:35 pm
on March 17, 1918.
In England he was nominally a member of the 13th Reserve Battalion.
Thorpe Douglas Crowell
Memorial Stone
Kemptville Corner Cemetery
Kemptville, Yarmouth Co., NS,