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Second Lieutenant ERNEST CROSS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Middlesex Regiment

5th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

II. B. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest William and Elizabeth Cross, of 30, High St., Staines, Middx.
  • Personal Inscription THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY
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Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 960
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