Gunner 136721 Sylvester Cross
Regiment/Unit: Royal Garrison Artillery -
Theatre of War: Home
Age at death: 32
Date of death: 17th of November 1923
Born: Plumstead, Kent
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: St Helens Cemetery - 34/713
Family details:
Born 1891. Possibly married to Jessie Weatherilt at Prescot in 1918. Lived at 34 Wolsely Road, St Helens.
Census details:
1901 Census: 40 Gladstone Street, St Helens; Joseph Cross (head, 33, blacksmith); Margaret A Cross (wife, 28); Sylvester Cross (son, 9); James Cross (son, 8) 1911 Census: 10 French Street, St Helens; Joseph Cross (head, 42, clacksmith); Agnes Cross (wife of six years, 27); Sylvester Cross (son, 19, blacksmith); James Cross (son, 17, sawyer); Martha Ann Cross (daughter, 5); John Cross (son, 5)
Notes:
Enlisted on 10/12/1915; discharged on 04/07/1917. Disability: tuberculosis of lung, attributable to military service. Not listed on CWGC as he died after the cut-off point for WW1 casualties. Sylvester Cross is buried alongside the war graves in section 34 of St Helens Cemetery. Note that his memorial states he was a Sapper in the Royal Engineers.
Enlisted on 10/12/1915; discharged on 04/07/1917. Disability: tuberculosis of lung, attributable to military service. Not listed on CWGC as he died after the cut-off point for WW1 casualties. Sylvester Cross is buried alongside the war graves in section 34 of St Helens Cemetery. Note that his memorial states he was a Sapper in the Royal Engineers.
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[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/3631_Cross_grave_2.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Sylvester Cross at St Helens Cemetery[/caption]
