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Pass, to be absent from quarters, issued to James Cross

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SubjectCross, James
TitlePass, to be absent from quarters, issued to James Cross
NotesHere Sapper Cross's unit is given as 3rd Divisional Signals Company, Welsh Army Corps ( ashort-lived Home Service formation).

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 Date27th February 1915
Creation placeAbergavenny Station
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
ContentOfficial document
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_4282_IMG_1721.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/5953