BORN BEVERLEY 06/10/1883. SON OF DANIEL CROSS (1855-1943) AND JANE ATKINSON (1856-1917). A GENERAL LABOURER. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 6585, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT HOOGE, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 31. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES.
HIS BROTHER, SERGEANT, WILLIAM DURKIN CROSS, 7484, 2ND YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 33.
THEY LEFT SIBLINGS, HARRIET, EDITH, MABEL, ELIZABETH AND JOHN.
First name:
STEPHEN ATKINSON
Regiment:
Military Number:
6585
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
31
6 WHARF TERRACE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
