Wigan and Leigh Archives Online

John Cross

Details

Forename John
Surname Cross
Middle Name George
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 43
Address 193 Kirkhall Lane
Parents' Address
Township Leigh
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Sovereign Pit - Wigan Coal & Iron Company and an old soldier
Regiment Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Batt
Day of Death 17
Month of Death February
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Pneumonia
Place of Burial Leigh Cemetery
Regiment Number 6256
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Died whilst on furlough. Son of John and Eliza and husband of Mary (Winstanley). Born in Bembridge, Herefordshire
LJ 2/3/17, CWGC, Ancestry