Lieutenant Crawford served with the 3rd Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers
He was a victim of the sinking of the RMS LEINSTER. The bodies of a number of those who drowned were carried by ocean currents for hundreds of miles and were washed up on the beaches of Wales,Isle of Man and Scotland.
The Royal Mail Ship "Leinster", owned by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, was torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
By the time of the 1911 census, Sydney was the youngest of their 5 surviving children.
In the 1901 and 1911 census returns the family were at Tipperstown/Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, but
later moved to Torquay Road, Foxrock, Co. Dublin. William Henry Crawford noted his occupation as a Gardener.
The CWGC official records state that he was 21,born in Killorgan, County Dublin,the son of Henry and Elizabeth Crawford of Carrickbawn, Torquay Rd., Foxrock, Dublin, but in fact he was born in Stillorgan, and his father was William Henry Crawford.
His eldest sister,Letitia Harriet (née Crawford) Hill was also a victim of this tragedy, but her body was never recovered.
The inscription on the Crawford Memorial Plaque at St. Brigid's Church,[Church of Ireland]in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, reads:
"On War Service"
In Loving Memory
of
LETITIA HARRIET
eldest daughter of Wm. HENRY
and ELIZABETH CRAWFORD
of Stillorgan, Co. Dublin,
and wife of
CAPTAIN V. HILL, R.F.A.
aged 34 years.
"The Royal Dublin Fusiliers"
Also her brother
SYDNEY GEORGE CRAWFORD
Lieut., R.D.F.
aged 21 years,
he was buried at
Kirkbean, Kirkcudbright,
Scotland,
22nd November.
Both drowned on the R.M.S. Leinster when
torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 10th October 1918
"Faithful unto death"
"Duty well done"
He was a victim of the sinking of the RMS LEINSTER. The bodies of a number of those who drowned were carried by ocean currents for hundreds of miles and were washed up on the beaches of Wales,Isle of Man and Scotland.
The Royal Mail Ship "Leinster", owned by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, was torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
By the time of the 1911 census, Sydney was the youngest of their 5 surviving children.
In the 1901 and 1911 census returns the family were at Tipperstown/Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, but
later moved to Torquay Road, Foxrock, Co. Dublin. William Henry Crawford noted his occupation as a Gardener.
The CWGC official records state that he was 21,born in Killorgan, County Dublin,the son of Henry and Elizabeth Crawford of Carrickbawn, Torquay Rd., Foxrock, Dublin, but in fact he was born in Stillorgan, and his father was William Henry Crawford.
His eldest sister,Letitia Harriet (née Crawford) Hill was also a victim of this tragedy, but her body was never recovered.
The inscription on the Crawford Memorial Plaque at St. Brigid's Church,[Church of Ireland]in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, reads:
"On War Service"
In Loving Memory
of
LETITIA HARRIET
eldest daughter of Wm. HENRY
and ELIZABETH CRAWFORD
of Stillorgan, Co. Dublin,
and wife of
CAPTAIN V. HILL, R.F.A.
aged 34 years.
"The Royal Dublin Fusiliers"
Also her brother
SYDNEY GEORGE CRAWFORD
Lieut., R.D.F.
aged 21 years,
he was buried at
Kirkbean, Kirkcudbright,
Scotland,
22nd November.
Both drowned on the R.M.S. Leinster when
torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 10th October 1918
"Faithful unto death"
"Duty well done"
Lieutenant Crawford served with the 3rd Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers
He was a victim of the sinking of the RMS LEINSTER. The bodies of a number of those who drowned were carried by ocean currents for hundreds of miles and were washed up on the beaches of Wales,Isle of Man and Scotland.
The Royal Mail Ship "Leinster", owned by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, was torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
By the time of the 1911 census, Sydney was the youngest of their 5 surviving children.
In the 1901 and 1911 census returns the family were at Tipperstown/Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, but
later moved to Torquay Road, Foxrock, Co. Dublin. William Henry Crawford noted his occupation as a Gardener.
The CWGC official records state that he was 21,born in Killorgan, County Dublin,the son of Henry and Elizabeth Crawford of Carrickbawn, Torquay Rd., Foxrock, Dublin, but in fact he was born in Stillorgan, and his father was William Henry Crawford.
His eldest sister,Letitia Harriet (née Crawford) Hill was also a victim of this tragedy, but her body was never recovered.
The inscription on the Crawford Memorial Plaque at St. Brigid's Church,[Church of Ireland]in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, reads:
"On War Service"
In Loving Memory
of
LETITIA HARRIET
eldest daughter of Wm. HENRY
and ELIZABETH CRAWFORD
of Stillorgan, Co. Dublin,
and wife of
CAPTAIN V. HILL, R.F.A.
aged 34 years.
"The Royal Dublin Fusiliers"
Also her brother
SYDNEY GEORGE CRAWFORD
Lieut., R.D.F.
aged 21 years,
he was buried at
Kirkbean, Kirkcudbright,
Scotland,
22nd November.
Both drowned on the R.M.S. Leinster when
torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 10th October 1918
"Faithful unto death"
"Duty well done"
He was a victim of the sinking of the RMS LEINSTER. The bodies of a number of those who drowned were carried by ocean currents for hundreds of miles and were washed up on the beaches of Wales,Isle of Man and Scotland.
The Royal Mail Ship "Leinster", owned by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, was torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
By the time of the 1911 census, Sydney was the youngest of their 5 surviving children.
In the 1901 and 1911 census returns the family were at Tipperstown/Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, but
later moved to Torquay Road, Foxrock, Co. Dublin. William Henry Crawford noted his occupation as a Gardener.
The CWGC official records state that he was 21,born in Killorgan, County Dublin,the son of Henry and Elizabeth Crawford of Carrickbawn, Torquay Rd., Foxrock, Dublin, but in fact he was born in Stillorgan, and his father was William Henry Crawford.
His eldest sister,Letitia Harriet (née Crawford) Hill was also a victim of this tragedy, but her body was never recovered.
The inscription on the Crawford Memorial Plaque at St. Brigid's Church,[Church of Ireland]in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, reads:
"On War Service"
In Loving Memory
of
LETITIA HARRIET
eldest daughter of Wm. HENRY
and ELIZABETH CRAWFORD
of Stillorgan, Co. Dublin,
and wife of
CAPTAIN V. HILL, R.F.A.
aged 34 years.
"The Royal Dublin Fusiliers"
Also her brother
SYDNEY GEORGE CRAWFORD
Lieut., R.D.F.
aged 21 years,
he was buried at
Kirkbean, Kirkcudbright,
Scotland,
22nd November.
Both drowned on the R.M.S. Leinster when
torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 10th October 1918
"Faithful unto death"
"Duty well done"
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