CROSS, William Frederick

Credit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Private

2nd Battalion

Lancashire Regiment

William was born 1887 on Brook to William Frederick & Emily Elizabeth (nee RAYNER) CROSS. William senior predeceased his son & his mother remarried becoming Emily MILLER & she was living at 32 Victoria Road in Newport around the time of William’s death.

William was a regular soldier, in 1911 he was serving in Multaun, Punjab in India, but moved to France with his Regiment when war broke out. William, aged 26, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action at the Battle of Mons on the 26th of August 1914. His body was never found or identified & so William is commemorated by the Commission on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial in France together with 3,762 of his missing First World War comrades.

William is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetery

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.