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Captain MAURICE ASSHETON CROSS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

"D" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

Sp. Mem. B. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Charles Henry Cross and of Edith Cross, of Edgemoor, Middlemoor, Tavistock, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription THESE ARE THEY WHO CAME OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS

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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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