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Military service
Service number:
42664
Age:
20
Rank:
Driver
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
3rd Bde.
Birth:
August 8, 1894
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 24, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 24, 1915
Wimereux, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 32A.
Additional information
Only son of William and Alice M. M. Cross, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Driver Cross passed away at Rawal Pindi British General Hospital.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star
Digital gallery of Driver William Sidney Austin Cross
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Wimmereux Communal Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CRABB TO CROSSLAND Microform Sequence 24; Volume Number 31829_B016733. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 168. Page 769 of 788.
Digital gallery of
Driver William Sidney Austin Cross
Digital gallery of
Driver William Sidney Austin Cross
Digital gallery of
Driver William Sidney Austin Cross
Digital gallery of
Driver William Sidney Austin Cross
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Commemorated on:
Page 11 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wimereux is a small town situated about 5 kilometres north of Boulogne. From Boulogne take the A16 to Calais and come off at Junction 4. Take the road to Wimereux north, D242, for approximately 2 kilometres, following the road through the roundabout. Take the first turn on the left immediately after the roundabout and the WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY lies approximately 200 metres down this road on the left hand side. The Commonwealth War Graves are situated to the rear of the communal cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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