Lest We Forget
_______________________ IN FLANDERS FIELDS
In Flanders fields
the poppies blow
Between the crosses,
row on row,
That mark our place;
and in the sky
The larks, still bravely
singing, fly Scarce heard
amid the guns below.
We are the dead.
Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn,
saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved,
and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel
with the foe:
To you from failing
hands we throw
The torch; be yours
to hold it high.
If ye break faith
with us who die
We shall not sleep,
though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
– Canadian physician and
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
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NOTE: This is an ongoing project, and will be updated as time and data permits. If you have any information to add, or feel that some information is in error, please contact me. Most of the information below was obtained from http://www.findagrave.com AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
| | NAME | RANK
| UNIT
| DIED | FAMILY
| BURIED
| ERVIN P CRUIKSHANK
Born: Aug. 29, 1840
| Private
Enlisted on 7 August 1862
| 96th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Company F | Killed at the
Battle of Sabine Crossroads, La. Apr. 8, 1864 |
| Liberty Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio, USA | GEORGE W CRUIKSHANK
Born: Nov. 19, 1842 | Lieutenant Sergeant 1st Lieutenant | 4th Regiment, O.V.I., Company. I 4th Battalion, Ohio Infantry | Captured at the First Battle of Weldon Railroad. Jan. 1865 |
| Liberty Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio, USA
| | JAMES W. CROOKSHANKS Born: 1842 | 3rd Lieutenant | Tennessee,
43rd Infantry Regiment, Company G | 1863 |
| Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA, Section: Confederate Soldier's Rest | WORLD WAR I
| | NAME | RANK
| UNIT
| DIED | FAMILY
| BURIED
| | OKLEY P. CROOKSHANKS | Private | West Virginia | Oct. 16, 1918
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| Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne, France
| WORLD WAR II
| | NAME | RANK
| UNIT
| DIED | FAMILY
| BURIED
| | DAVID E. CRUICKSHANK | Lieutenant | Entered the service from Hawaii
| Sep. 17, 1944 |
| Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England | GORDON G. CRUIKSHANK
| Sergeant | Entered the service from Texas
| Jun. 19, 1944 |
| Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Toscana,Italy. | JAMES CRUICKSHANK
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| Entered the service from California
| Oct. 26, 1945 |
| Manila American (ABMC) Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Philippines | | JAMES E. CRUICKSHANK | Private
First Class
| Entered the service from Pennsylvania
| Jul. 22, 1944
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| Honolulu ABMC Memorial Honolulu Honolulu County Hawaii, USA
| | JAMES F. CRUIKSHANK | Private
First Class | Entered the service from Massachusetts | Apr. 28, 1944 |
| Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England | KOREAN WAR
| | NAME | RANK
| UNIT
| DIED | FAMILY
| BURIED
| | CHARLES PARKER CRUIKSHANK | Corporal | U.S. Marine Corps
| Sep 20, 1950 | Hometown
West Englewood,
New Jersey | Korean Memorial
| VIETNAM WAR
| | NAME | RANK
| UNIT
| DIED | FAMILY
| BURIED
| | WILLIAM ROY CRUICKSHANK | ABF2 | U.S. Navy
| Mar 10, 1969,
Age 31
| Hometown
El Jobean,
Florida |
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