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Military service
Service number:
J/24116
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
November 7, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 996.
Additional information
Son of George V. Cross and Gertrude A. Cross, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer James Orville Cross
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Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1961 F/L James Orville Cross (RMC 1927) was the son of George V. Cross and Gertrude A. Cross, of Windsor, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on Nov 7, 1943. He was buried in the Chester (Blacon) Cemetery in Cheshire, United Kingdom Sec. A. Grave 996. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1961 F/L James Orville Cross (RMC 1927) was the son of George V. Cross and Gertrude A. Cross, of Windsor, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on Nov 7, 1943. He was buried in the Chester (Blacon) Cemetery in Cheshire, United Kingdom Sec. A. Grave 996. -
Funeral
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Photo of JAMES ORVILLE CROSS
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Letter
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 150 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY Cheshire, United Kingdom
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