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Pte. Fred C. Cross
British Army 9th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Bristol
Fred Cross, my Grandad, was born in Bristol in 1896. His older brother, Henry Wyndham Cross, had joined the Glosters in 1911. Fred joined the Territorial Force in the 1/6th Glosters in May 1914 when he was just 18. However, by October that year he was dismissed as being medically unfit for further service.
He rejoined the 9th Battalion of the Glosters in 1915 and then was on Active Service from early 1916 until at least March 1918. It was in March 1918, whilst with the 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, that he was assigned to a sick convoy on the 2nd of March 1918 due to inflammation of connective tissue, buttocks. I have 3 photos of him in uniform and a couple of letters/postcards that were sent to him.
