Private 72939 William Cross
Regiment/Unit: Royal Welsh Fusiliers -
Theatre of War: Home
Age at death: 36
Date of death: 26th of June 1921
Born: St Helens, Lancashire
Resided: 72 Waterdale Crescent, Sutton
Burial / Memorial: St Helens Cemetery - Sec 6 / Grave 618
Family details:
Son of Joseph Cross.
Census details:
1891: William Cross (age 5, scholar) living at 3 Manor Street, Sutton, with father Joseph Cross (age 33, coal miner), mother Martha Cross (age 32), brother John Joseph Cross (age 13, coal miner) and sister Esther Jane Cross (age 1). 1901: William Cross (age 16, cooper apprentice) living at 8 Dyson Street, St Helens, with father Joseph Cross (age 43, coal miner hewer), mother Martha Cross (age 42), and brother John J Cross (age 23, coal miner drawer). 1911: William Cross (age 26, labourer) living at 13 Garnet Street, Sutton, with widowed father Joseph Cross (age 53, coal miner hewer).
Notes:
Enlisted on 11 December 1915; discharged on 12 March 1919, no longer physically fit for war service (gassed). Not commemorated by CWGC.
Enlisted on 11 December 1915; discharged on 12 March 1919, no longer physically fit for war service (gassed). Not commemorated by CWGC.
