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Surname: CROSSLEY
Forename(s): Harry
Place of Birth: Bacup, Lancashire
Service No: 266368
Rank: Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1918-10-11
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. D. 5.
CWGC Cemetery: WELLINGTON CEMETERY, RIEUX-EN-CAMBRESIS
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harry Crossley was the son of Fred and Eva Crossley, née Hoyle. Fred was born at Facit, Shawforth and Eva at Stacksteads, Lancashire.
1901 Whitworth, Lancashire Census: 3, Prince Sreeet - Harry Crossley, aged 4 years, born Whitworth, son of Fred and Eva Crossley.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 4, Lynden Terrace - Harry Crossley, aged 14 years, born Bacup, Lancashire, son of Fred and Eva Crossley.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte H. Crossley, 3738, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 29.6.15. K. in A. 11.10.18. (No. 266368).
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Cpl Harry Crossley, 266368, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Cpl Harry Crossley, 266368, 1/6 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 11.10.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Cpl Harry Crossley, 266368, 6th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 11.10.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Fred. £32 8s. 7d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Harry. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Eva Crossley. Relationship: Mother. Deceased. Claimant: Fred Crossley. Relationship to Man: Father. Address: 9, Linden Terrace, Earby.
Harry is commemorated on the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
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:
CROSSLEY. Corporal Harry, aged 22, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crossley, 9, Linden Terrace, [Earby], killed in action, France, Oct. 11, 1918.
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Corporal Harry CROSSLEY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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15 November 1918
EARBY – Corporal H. Crossley
The death has been officially reported of Corporal Harry Crossley, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of Mr. and Mr. Fred Crossley, 9 Linden Terrace, Earby, he having been killed in action on October 11th. He was 22 years of age, and formerly in the employ of the Midland Railway Company at Earby as platelayer. He enlisted in the early stages of the war and had spent over three years in France.
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15 November 1918
Earby Casualties
CORPL. H. CROSSLEY
The death has been officially reported of Corpl. Harry Crossley, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crossley, 9, Linden Terrace, Earby, he having been killed in action on Oct. 11th. He was 22 years of age, and formerly in the employ of the Midland Railway Co. at Earby as platelayer. He enlisted in the early stages of the war, and had spent over three years in France.
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