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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. W. M. Cross
British Army 5th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment
from:Ibberton
(d.22nd September 1915)
Sjt. William Albert Cross
British Army 21st Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Islington, London
(d.25th Jan 1918)
My Great-Uncle William Cross was killed in action at the age of 22yrs and is buried at Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. I have not been able to locate William's service records, so if anyone has any information about him, I would love to hear from them.
Pte. William Walter Cross
British Army 17th (1st City) Btn. King's (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Fulwood, Preston
(d.31st Jul 1917)
Pte William Larkin Cross
British Army 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
(d.16th July 1917)
Pte William Henry Cross
British Army 7th Btn Wiltshire Regiment
from:22 Gleave Road Selly Oak
William Cross was my grandfather. He served with the Wiltshire Regiment 7th Battalion in WW1. I found this information whilst researching my family tree. The details were written on my father's birth certificate as my grandfather's occupation.
Pte. Bernard Crossan
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
(d.22nd March 1918)
Bernard Crossan was killed in action on the 22nd of March 1918.
Pte. Arthur Crosser
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Joe Crossland
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
Joe Crossland was discharged on the 3rd of April 1916, time expired
L/Cpl. Thomas Crossland
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.2nd Apr 1915)
Thomas Crossland died of wounds and is buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery.
Pte. Wilfred Crossland
British Army 2/5th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment
from:Ecclesfield
Wilfred Crossland served with the 2/5th Duke of Wellingtons.
Pte. Arthur Nowell Crossley
British Army 10th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Tillotson Street, Batley
Arthur Crossley was a mill worker from Batley, born in 1877. He married Edith Law in 1900 and had seven children, six girls and one boy, Albert, who was killed during the advance to Castiglione del Lago (Italy) on 29th of June 1944. Arthur served with the 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, survived the Great War and died in Batley in 1948, aged 71.
Drvr. Charles Joseph Crossley
British Army 173 Brigade, A Â Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.21st March 1918)
Charles Crossley was the son of Mr and Mrs C. Crossley, 78 Tetley Street, Poplar, London. He died on 21st March 1918 and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Panel 7-10. He was aged 21 when he died.
Pte. George Crossley
British Army 13th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:14 New St, Wombwell, Yorks
George Crossley's military records confirm he was with the 13th Yorks on 28th December 1915, on departing for the Med. On 10th March 1916 he departed for France. Research still ongoing.
Sgt. Harold Crossley
British Army 1/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Radcliffe
Sgt. James Stanley Crossley
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
James Crossley was killed in action on the 3rd of September 1916
Pte. Jesse Crossley
British Army 15th Btn Welsh Regiment
from:Ringley, Lancashire
(d.26th Aug 1918)
Jesse Crossley served with the 15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Information gleaned from the internet and CWG site. Would be grateful for any more.
Pte. Sydney Crossley
British Army 9th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:79 Oxford Road, Burnley
(d.23rd Jun 1917)
Sydney Crossley served with the 9th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment during WW1 and died on the 23rd June 1917 age 26. He is buried in the Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of Herbert and Ellen Ann Crossley, of 6, Marles St., Burnley. and lived at 79 Oxford Road, Burnley.
Pte. Sydney Crossley
British Army 9th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:79 Oxford Road, Burnley
(d.23rd June 1917)
Sydney Crossley died on the 23rd June 1917 aged 26 and is buried in the Solonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of Herbert and Ellen Ann Crossley of 6 Marles St., Burnley.
Pte. Clifford Albert Crossman
British Army 12th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Curry Mallet, Somerset
(d.9th Aug 1918)
Pte Clifford Albert Crossman
British Army 12th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Curry Mallet, Somerset
(d.9th Aug 1918)
Pte. Frederick William Crosswell
British Army 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Hurst, Berkshire
(d.20th Oct 1916)
Frederick Crosswell was killed on the Somme but I can't find his name on the Hurst War Memorial. He was my Uncle and I would like to know where he might be remembered other than in France?
Lt. Col. Ernest George Crouch
Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Herbert Richard Crouch
British Army 14th Btn. London Regiment
from:West Horsley, Surrey
Herbert Crouch was a Private in the London Scottish Regiment and served in France and later the 30th London Regiment. He was wounded in France, the rest of his company being killed in the same artillery barrage. He recovered in England and was then reassigned to a POW camp in Massachusetts, USA, where he met his first wife. They were married in 1920 and initially lived in England, but then moved to Weston, Massachusetts. He married Grace Bentley from Cohasset, MA.
She died in 1941 and he remarried my mother, Mary Alice Bailey in Weston, MA. Herbert died June 25, 1975, in Hill, New Hampshire. He was born at Cranmore Cottage, on Cranmore Lane, in West Horsley, Surrey, on 3rd of March 1897, son of Frank Crouch, a local grain merchant. I am one of his two sons and live in Tucson, Arizona, USA, but was born in Boston where he lived his entire adult life after leaving England. I have met his three sisters in England and cousins in Australia.
Pte. Hope Reginald Croucher
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1st Btn.
from:Chatham, Ontario, Canada
(d.22nd April 1915)
Hope Croucher served with the 1st Battalion CEF.
Pte. Robert Gort Croucher
British Army 1/19th Btn. London Regiment
from:Rainham, Kent.
(d.5th Jun 1917)
Cpl. William Henry Croucher MM
British Army 59th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Sutton at Hone, Kent
Pte. James Crouden
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
(d.1st July 1916)
James Criuden is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Sjt. F. Crow
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Frederick Crow
British Army 8th Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
from:12 Brierley Road, Leytonstone, London
Frederick Crow enlisted for Army service on 3rd September 1914. He served in France until August 1916 and in Greece from August 1916 to January 1919.
Pte. John Charles Crowder
British Army 9th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Macclesfield, Cheshire
(d.4th Sept 1917)
Charlie Crowder of Macclesfield was my great grandmother's brother. After the Battle of Langemarck during the 'down time' in Dirty Bucket Camp, he was one of the fourteen from the 9th Battalion who were killed in a German air raid in the early morning. He was buried among those 13 brothers at Gwalia War Cemetery in Belgium. Fortunately, I, someone with high respect for such a man, have possession of his victory medal from the war. It is a treasured possession of mine. RIP Charlie.
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