BORN HULL 1899. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM CROSS & MARTHA PIZER, OF 3 DURHAM STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A WAREHOUSE MAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 26/05/1916. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 23898, ‘B’ COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SENT TO FRANCE ON 18/09/1916. TAKEN PRISONER ON 23/03/1918. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, AT CALAIS, ON 11/12/1918, AGED 19. HE LEFT BROTHERS ERNEST, WILLIAM & JOHN, & SISTERS DORA AND MAUD.
I am grateful to Ralph Ayre who identified this casualty – 19/07/2015.
First name:
THOMAS WILLIAM
Military Number:
23898
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/12/1918
Place died:
Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
