William Cross

Port Coquitlam honour roll

William Cross  lance corporal.   C.C.B. Section  No.1 Field Ambulance C.E.F., 4^th Canadian C.C.S.    524743    William signed his attestation papers on the 8^th of March 1916 at Victoria, B.C. At the time he was living at 502-2^nd Street, New Westminster, B.C. Job: hospital work. He was born on the 9^th of September 1887 at Rockwell Green, Wellington, Somerset, England.

Father: Thomas Cross, senior; Lower Foxmoor, Rockwell Green, Wellington, Somerset.  Mother: possibly Florence Cross?   William had previous military service with the 18^th Field Ambulance, for 2½ months.
He served in France with the 4th Canadian Casaulty Clearing Station (C.C.S)

He was married in England on the 29^th of July 1916 to
Ida Louise Hawkings, Ida Louise Cross (1889 - 1972)
They had at least one child a daughter Mrs. ?.M. McCallum

William Cross died on the 26^th of May 1976 at the  Lions Gate Hospital, in North Vancouver.  His home at that time was at 441 Kelly St., in New Westminster. He was retired after being a chief orderly at the mental hospital in New Westminster.

NOTE:   a useful resource about the medical units which includes links to the daily diaries.  Nice :)