Desmond Gerald Crofton (1905 - 1977)

Born 10 Jul 1905 in Ganges, British Columbia, Canada

Ancestors

Died 27 Apr 1977 at age 71 in Ganges, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Desmond Crofton was born in 1905 on Saltspring Island, BC, Canada, the 2nd son of Fred and Nona Crofton. He first married Ida Corbett (nee Hardcastle) in 1925. He later married Dorothea Wilson.

Lt. Col. Crofton served with the Canadian Army during the Second World War in the invasion of Normandy and the liberation of Holland and received the Netherlands Bronze Lion Medal.

Sources

• http://thepeerage.com/p32514.htm#i325138

• "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD85-R8G : 21 January 2016), Desmond Gerald Crofton and Ida Corbett, 22 Jan 1925; citing , British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B13749, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,074,319.

• "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL1L-18R : 8 November 2017), Desmond Gerald Crofton, 1977.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-PZH3 : 15 December 2015), Desmond Gerald Crofton, 1977; Burial, Ganges, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Saint Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery; citing record ID 148623981, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVLZ-6Z2 : accessed 2 January 2018), Desmond Crofton in household of Nona Crofton, Santa Monica Ward 6, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 344, sheet 13B, family 314, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 87; FHL microfilm 1,374,100.

• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-YY87 : 16 July 2016), Desmond Gerard Crofton in entry for Alfrin Gerard Crofton, 1911; citing Census, Nanaimo Sub-Districts 1-28, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,660.