In memory of

Sergeant

John Colvin Crump

who died on 24 Jul 1941

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Sergeant
  Service number R61608
  Date of death 19410724
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R61608 Sergeant (No. 405 City of Vancouver Squadron RCAF observer) John Colvin Crump (b.1921) of Regina was KIA 19410724 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial just west of London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. Crump's Wellington failed to return from operations over Brest, France. He was the son of Henry Neville Compson and Kathleen Mary (Beveridge) Crump who came from Somerset, England. John was born at Pense, attended Thomson school and Campion college and was working as a stock clerk at Simpson's when he enlisted at Regina in 1940.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 159 - Sherwood
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Regina
  Geo-memorial Crump Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.45°N / 106.0333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74J8
  Geo-memorial details West of Pasfield Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19210324
  Place of birth Pense    
  Date of enlistment 19400619
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Regina    
  Occupation stockman
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