Basic Details
Surname
Cross
Forenames
Charles William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
203368
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 9 South Parade. It wrongly records his date of death as 15/8/1918.

(CWGC records that Private Charles William Cross, regimental number 203363, died aged 39 on 15/9/1918 while serving in the 15th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment, and is buried in grave II.F.5 at Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension in France, having been reinterred after the War. They record him as the son of John & Ellen Goss of Postland, Crowland, and the husband of Florence Ada Cross of 9 South Parade, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War likewise records that Charles died on 15/9/1918, as do the Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, which state that his widow Florence was his legatee. The Probate Index also records that he died on 15/9/1918, listing his address as 9 South Parade, Alderman's Drive, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Sussex Yeomanry
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Roisel
Cemetery
Not stated on memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
August
Day of death
15
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 15 August 1918 [sic] in France"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
9, SOUTH PARADE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial