In Chapelle D’Armentieres Old Military Cemetery, France is the Commonwealth War Grave of 5/3625 Private Edward Cross, serving with the 1/5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry who died 12/10/1915.

Jean Longstaff has submitted the following:-
Edward Cross was born in Paradise Street, King’s Sutton, Northamptonshire on 17th December 1893 and baptized on 14th February the following year.  His parents were miller’s labourer James Cross and his wife Emily (nee Reeves).  He had an older sister Daisy and by 1901 younger siblings Sarah, George and Nora.  Six years later the family had moved and were living in Stockton on Tees, where Lily was born.

By 1911 Edward had left home and was working as a horseman at Angrove North Farm, Great Ayton, whilst the rest of his family were living in Herbert Street, Norton on Tees.

Edward enlisted with the 1/5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry in Stockton on Tees becoming Private 5/3625 and by 1st September 1915 found himself in France and after three weeks found himself on the front line at the Battle of Loos, where he was killed in action on 12th October 1915.

His brother George, serving with the Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in June 1917.

Acknowledgements: Rev. David Youngson.

Edward Cross is remembered in Norton on N68.02, at Stockton in S138.18, page 12, also in the 1/5th D.L.I. Roll of Honour, page 1, and at Durham in the The D.L.I. Book of Remembrance, page 282.