Rushden Argus, 17th August 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
Little Irchester Signaller’s Death
News reached Mr. Alfred Cross, 9 Milton-road, Little Irchester, that his son, Signaller A. J. Cross, of the Queen’s Royal Surreys, was killed instantly in France on July 24th. The lieutenant of his company, writing to Mrs. Cross, says: “I deeply regret having to inform you of the death in action of your gallant son, Pte. A. J. Cross, on the 24th July. He had been with the battalion a long time, and while with us had done splendid work, and his loss is greatly felt. It will be a consolation to you to know that he died instantly.—Signaller J. Piper also wrote stating that “all the boys in the Signal Section offer you their deepest sympathy, for he was one of our best signallers, and well liked by everyone, and also one of the most fearless chums I have ever met.”—He was 21 last March. He had been in France fifteen months. Formerly he was an apprentice to the body-making at Messrs. York and Ward, of Wellingborough.
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