Private Ernest Cross
Army Number: 306071 (formerly 3405)
Battalion: 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of George and Sarah Ann Cross, of 56, William Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Husband of Florence Cross, of 20 Church Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He was a fish and game dealer prior to enlisting at Newark. He went to France on 28th June 1915. He was killed in action, 28th April 1918, aged 39, at Sailly-Labourse, France whilst carrying rations to the trenches at Essarts, France.
Buried: Fouquieres Churchyard Extension, France. Row I. Grave 52.


Private Ernest Cross is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church Parishioners War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Borough of Newark Roll of Honour, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.