In Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt is the Commonwealth War Grave of Fourth Engineer William Peacock Crawford, serving on S.S. Cassis with the Mercantile Marine who died 17/09/1916.

The Dearly Beloved Son of Mary And The Late Andrew Crawford of Walker, Newcastle onTyne. If Thou Shouldst Call Me To Resign What Most I Prize, It Ne’er Was Mine; I Only Yield Thee What Is Thine. Thy Will Be Done

In Walker (Christ Church) Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:

In
loving memory
of
Andrew Crawford
dearly beloved husband of
Mary Ann Crawford
who died February 22 1906
aged 41 years.

Also their children
William and Georgina Elizabeth
who died in infancy

and
William Peacock
youngest son
Engineer in Mercantile Service
who departed this life and was
laid to rest in the cemetery at
Port Tewfick, Suez, Egypt
on September 17th 1916
aged 22 years

also of the above
Mary Ann Crawford
who died March 18th 1945
aged 77 years.

William Crawford is remembered in our List of Ships’ Crews.