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Alfred Morrey Cross

In memory of:

Gunner Alfred Morrey Cross

August 22, 1918
Amiens, France

Military Service

Service Number:

2341310

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Garrison Artillery

Division:

3rd Bde.

Additional Information

Born:

November 5, 1898
Longueil, Quebec

Enlistment:

April 18, 1917
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Henry J. A. and Mary E. Cross, of Longueuil, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 391 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BOVES WEST COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

B. 8.

Location:

Boves is a village about 9 kilometres south-east of Amiens on the west side of the road from Amiens to Moreuil. Boves Communal Cemetery lies to the south of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Gravestone of Alfred Morrey Cross. Photo by Pierre Vandervelden

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    Grave Marker – Gravestone of Alfred Morrey Cross. Photo by Pierre Vandervelden
  • 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 743 of 788.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    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 743 of 788.
  • Photo of Alfred Morrey Cross

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    Photo of Alfred Morrey Cross
    Photo of Alfred Morrey Cross
  • Honour Roll– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

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    Honour Roll
    Honour Roll – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

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