William Crearie

1914 - 1943  (28 years)

• Name	William Crearie  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	9 Dec 1914	8 Surrey Street, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1915  [3]
  	Other Records: Child
  Residence	1941	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Death	6 Apr 1943	Tunisia, North Africa   [1, 2]
  Burial	Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia   [2]
  Person ID	I400	FTM Synch Tree
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	John Willaim Crearie,   b. 1 Jan 1883, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Scotland d. 20 Aug 1965 (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane Grant,   b. 13 Aug 1884, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 18 Dec 1951, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 Sep 1912	Moncur Street Church, Glasgow, Scotland   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth McArthur Hood
  Marriage	14 Jul 1939	Blythswood, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Dec 1914 - 8 Surrey Street, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland Residence - 1941 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Death - 6 Apr 1943 - Tunisia, North Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		death_wilmCrearie
  		W-Crearie_1942_Will

  
  

  Headstones

  Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia The cemetery contains 1,253 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 52 of them unidentified. The single First World War grave in Sfax War Cemetery was brought in from Bizerta Sidi Saleru Moslem Cemetery in March 1983. There is also 1 Greek soldier of the 1939-45 war buried here.

  
  

• Notes

  Corporal WILLIAM CREARIE 2827289, 2nd Bn., Seaforth Highlanders who died age 28 on 06 April 1943 Son of John and Jane Crearie, of Glasgow; husband of Elizabeth Crearie, of Glasgow. Remembered with honour SFAX WAR CEMETERY Killed in action in North Africa; Scout in the Seaforth Highlanders In May 1943, the war in North Africa came to an end in Tunisia with the defeat of the Axis powers by a combined Allied force. In the south, the Axis forces defeated in Egypt at El Alamein withdrew into Tunisia along the coast through Libya, pursued by the Allied Eighth Army. Most of those buried in Sfax War Cemetery died in attacks on successive Axis positions at Medenine, the Marith Line and Wadi Akarit, in March and April 1943. The cemetery contains 1,253 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 52 of them unidentified. The single First World War grave in Sfax War Cemetery was brought in from Bizerta Sidi Saleru Moslem Cemetery in March 1983. There is also 1 Greek soldier of the 1939-45 war buried here.

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] Ancestry.com, UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;). [S29] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S140] Ancestry.com, UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 [S140] Ancestry.com, UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920