Andrew Crosbie
| Rank | Private 14589 | |
| Regiment | Wellington Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force | |
| Military Service | Crosbie enlisted in the 14th NZ Reinforcements (B Company) on 6th March 1916 at Trentham and was posted to the 11th Company of the 1st Battn Wellington Regiment. He sailed for England on 26th June 1916 on Troopship 56 ‘Maunganui’ and disembarked at Devonport on 22nd August. He was dispatched to France on 26th September and finally reached the front on 12th October 1916 as part of the reinforcements for 1st New Zealand Brigade of the New Zealand Division. | |
| Born | 20th January 1899, Glasgow. | |
| Death | 26th June 1917 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Nothing is known about the circumstances of Crosbie’s death but the fact that he is commemorated on the Messine Ridge (NZ) Memorial strongly implies that he was posted missing and his body was never found or identified. | |
| Age | 26 | |
| Burial | Messines Ridge (NZ) Memorial | |
| CWGC Information | Son of Margaret Crosbie (formerly Spittal), of 3, Alexandra Park Gardens, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland, and the late Thomas S. Crosbie. | |
| Parents | Thomas S Crosbie (c1862-1924) & Margaret Spittal (c1862-1930) | |
| Father's Occupation | Cashier in a bakery (1911) | |
| Siblings | Jeanie (c1887-1894), James (c1889-1966), George (1893-1916), John S (c1896-), Margaret (1901-), Bethia (c1908-) | |
| Spouse | unmarried | |
| Education | Whitehill School, Glasgow | |
| Occupation | Bank clerk (1911), farmer (1916) | |
| 1891 Census | Slatefield Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow | |
| 1901 Census | 58, Roslea Drive, Glasgow | |
| 1911 Census | 3 Armadale Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow | |
| Home Address | Mahoe, Taranaki, New Zealand | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Sextus Lair 23 | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial | |
| Other Information | Crosbie emigrated to New Zealand sometime after 1911 and went to work for his brother James who had gone in 1909. | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry, and Find my past. Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Scottish War Memorials Project Service Record of Andrew Crosbie (Archives New Zealand Record no: 0030306; R no: R21899259; Series: 18805)
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Gallery
George and Andrew Crosbie - Sextus - Monument
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
