Sergeant Ian Douglas Crawford
1921-1942
“Remembrance is a golden chain that binds us till we meet again. Mother”
Ian Douglas Crawford was born on the 26 July 1921 in Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, Scotland to John and Jeanie (Jean) Crawford nee Bell. Ian’s Paternal grandfather John Crawford Snr was a coal miner, married in 1865 to Maragret Crawford, at Barrhead. Ian’s maternal grandfather, John Bell a Flour Miller married Jeanie Buchanan in 1868 in Bridgeton, Glasgow. Ian’s parents were married in Hamilton in the District of Bridgeton, Glasgow on 28 December 1893. John was a Colliery Underground Inspector. Ian was the youngest for seven siblings, Jean, Margaret, Janet, John Jr, Annie and Clara whom is my grandmother. Ian’s brother John was born in Sidney Mines Nova Scotia, Canada, the family migrated to and from there for a period of time.
From left to right backrow Ians sisters Clara and Janet (Nette), mother Jeanie, father John. I think Ian?, nephews Eddie and maybe William the same age as Ian
Great grandfather John erected this memorial for his son Ian and his grandson William Hill who also died at war, I believe in a training accident and was buried in Rhodesia now known as Zimbabwe.
Some of Ian’s nephews, David and William were services men. William in the Airforce as Ian and David in the Navy
Sergeant Willam (Billy) Hill
1921-1942
David Wilcox
John Crawford died on 2 June 1951 aged 82 in Glasgow following the death of his wife Jeanie in 1949. My father Ian William Brown 1944-2011 was named after his uncle Ian and cousin William. My paternal grandmother Clara Crawford married Edward Brown in 1933. They migrated to New Zealand in the mid 50s and settled in Christchurch in the South Island. This is them on the CS Captain Hobson Glasgow to Wellington in the 50s on their voyage to New Zealand
Clara Brown Nee Crawford & my father Ian William Brown
Rachael Crawford-Brown Noble – this is me with my 3 siblings Shelley (Left) James and Warren on the right. I have worked at Nz GOVT for the last 20 years-Married to Dickie Richard Noble, live in Auckland, New Zealand, I have 2 children, Levi and Rebecca and 5 grandchildren, Connor, Trey, Chase, Alexus and Ava. James has 3 daughters Deanna, Meshaina & Malia and Shelley 2, Zoey and Indiana.
Great uncle Ian Crawford in 1939 in Glasgow with Uncle Eddie
“If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I’d walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.”
Article from the Osoyoos Times, Canada!
