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Obituary of James Cross, by David Rogers, The Western Front Association

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SubjectCross, James
TitleObituary of James Cross, by David Rogers, The Western Front Association
NotesEssentially this is a review of the importance of the service and of the memoirs of Jim Cross, published as a small book by Cross' second wife in 1995.

Part of a large collection relating to Jim Cross, Broadway, Worcestershire. Before the First World War he was a postman in Hereford, joining the army as a ˜sapper' (service number 62966) in the Royal Engineer (Signals) in January 1915. The collection includes artefacts from Serjeant James Cross' service as a despatch rider, and his memoirs “ dictated in his 90s in the 1980s-90s to his second wife, Jill. The memoirs are based on Jim's diaries from 1915, 1917 and 1918. Sjt. Cross served overseas in the 38th (Welsh) Division Signalling Company, and was later attached to Headquaters, Royal Artillery, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division.
Item Date1994
Creation placeUnknown
File typeImage
Item sourceJournal
Item mediumPaper
ContentPublication
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_4488_office00141.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameAlun Edwards
Contributed on the behalf ofMrs Jill Cross
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/5159