Major Patrick Donavan (PD) Crofton

1915 - 1997  (82 years)

• Name	Patrick Donavan (PD) Crofton
  Prefix	Major
  Birth	20 Jan 1915	Ganges, Salt Spring Island Bc
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Jun 1997	Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery, North Saanich BC.   [1]
  	Sec 4 Block P PLot 6
  Person ID	I852	May
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Alfred Gerald Crofton,   b. 18 Jun 1882, Dublin, Ireland d. 3 Oct 1942, Ganges BC (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Frances Nona Wilson,   b. 24 Oct 1878, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario d. 19 Jan 1951 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	17 Sep 1903
  Family ID	F327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne B Evans
  Marriage	1 Jun 1946
  Children	1. Cameron P.L. Crofton,   b. 17 Apr 1947 (Age 78 years)   2. Catherine Anne (Kerry) Crofton,   b. 18 Apr 1949 (Age 76 years)   3. Barry Gerald Crofton,   b. 22 Jan 1953, Ganges, Salt Spring Island Bc d. 8 Sep 2012, Halifax (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2025

  
  

• Headstones

  Patrick Donavan Crofton

  
  

• Notes

  He gained the rank of Major in 1943 in the service of the a company of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. He fought in the Second World War between 1943 and 1945, in Italy and North-West Europe, where he was mentioned in despatches. He was a military observer with U.N. in the India-Pakistan-Kashmir Dispute between 1955 and 1956. He lived in 2003 at10672 Madronna Drive Sidney BC

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] FInd A Grave.