Lance Corporal Claude Harold Cross
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Cross,
Claude Harold
Date of birth: 1890-12-23
Place of birth:
Next of kin: Franklin Cross, Father, Box 1052, Vancouver.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Customs Officer
Occupation (normalized): Customs officers
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-09-16
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 107164
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
Rank detail
Lance Corporal (Army).
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: 4th phase of the Battle of the Somme in the vicinity of Mouquet Farm
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1566816
LAC ID:
126793
Service file: B2164-S041
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Frederick William Franklin Cross, of 950, Bidwell St., Vancouver, British Columbia, and the late Mary Ann Cross.
This man had previously served for 4 years in the RFA.
In the 2nd CMR war diary this man is commended for his splendid work in the attack on Mouquet Farm. In the war diary he is listed as being in D company.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation records and the 2nd CMR war diary. This man is also on the CWGC site.
March 2019 - 1914/15 Star and VM offered on DCM Medals site. [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles C Company ]
March 2019 - 1914/15 Star and VM offered on DCM Medals site. [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles C Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-03-12