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Surname: ROSS
Forename(s): Angus
Place of Birth: Aspatria, Cumberland
Service No: 267819
Rank: Pioneer
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Engineers
Battalion / Unit: Base Signal Depot
Division: ---
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1917-10-19
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 3. G. 6.
CWGC Cemetery: DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HELLIFIELD, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Angus Ross was the son of Andrew and Margaret Ross, née Potts. Andrew was born at Tain, Ross-shire and Margaret at Bewcastle, Cumberland.
1891 Aspatria, Cumberland Census: Railway Terrace - Angus Ross, aged 6 years, born Aspatria, son of Andrew and Margaret Ross.
1901 Aspatria, Cumberland Census: Station Villa - Angus Ross, aged 16 years, born Aspatria, son of Andrew and Margaret Ross.
1911 Appleby, Westmorland Census: 14, Clifford Street - Angus Ross, aged 27 years, born Aspatria, Cumberland. [Angus was boarding with William and Sarah Jane Wilson.]
Angus was married to Mona Cussons in 1911.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pnr Angus Ross, 267819, R.E.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pnr Angus Ross, 267819, Royal Engineers.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Angus Ross, 267819, R.E. Date and Place of Death: 19.10.17. In Action [sic] German East Africa. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow Sole Legatee - Mona. £7 7s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Angus. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Mona, born 17.12.90. Address: 7, Boroughgate, Appleby, Westmoreland [sic]. Children: Connie, born 14.12.11.
Angus is commemorated on the Appleby Roll of Honour; Aspatria War Memorial Recreation Ground and Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
ROSS, Angus, [Hellifield], aged 32, Pioneer R.E., died East Africa, Oct. 16, 1918.
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Pioneer Angus ROSS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Engineers
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