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Private JOHN CROSS

Service Number: 6256
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 February 1917

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEIGH CEMETERY

37. K. CE. 18.

United Kingdom

Headstone picture taken at time of site survey. WW1 in this cemetery are Stancliffe. WW2 are Portland

Photographer: Adam Kelsall

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Cross and his wife Eliza Morris; husband of Mary Winstanley (formerly Cross), of 193, Kirkhall Lane, Leigh.
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Buried or commemorated at

LEIGH CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 105
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