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Robert Henry Cross

Serjeant

Service No. 204158

Age 33

Died on 22 August 1917

Somerset Light Infantry

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West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Son of John and Mary Cross, of Bramford Speke, Devon; husband of Olivia Marian Cross, of 8, Victoria Lawn, Newport, Barnstaple, Devon.

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Alexander Leistner

One out of millions, but certainly your death is also one death too much. May you rest in peace forever.

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Remembered via Poppy Shop Passchendaele Poppy Pin Supporter

We will remember them.

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Legion Supporter

We must thank God that your sacrifice to ensure our liberty today is always remembered.

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Alexander Leistner

Fate got me St. Robert Henry Cross to commemorate in the Flanders Fields 14-18 project on Facebook. I want to do the same here at his grave!

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Alexander Leistner

Fate got me St. Robert Henry Cross to commemorate in the Flanders Fields 14-18 project on Facebook. I want to do the same here at his grave!

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Fate picked you for me to commemorate in the Flanders Fields 14-18 project on Facebook. I gladly did it with a poppy depicted in a trench me...

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