Private George Edward Cross, 2420
- Batt - 1/4
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section - "d" Company
- Date of Birth - c.1896
- Died - 22/07/1915
- Age - 20
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Arthur Charles and Florence Cross. On the 31st January 1920 the Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester published a Roll of Honour of former pupils, this records that George attended the school between the years 1906 and 1910. The War Diary for today records. At 7.00am situation quiet. Wind south westerly. During the night enemy were particularly quiet. During the night they were heard hammering stakes in for wire entanglements in front of trench 49. Casualties, other ranks 1 man killed and 9 men wounded.
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Birth Place - Knighton, Leicestershire
- Other Memorials - Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College War Memorial
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Ypres (menin Gate) Mem., Belgium
- Born - Knighton, Leicester
- Enlisted - Leicester
- Place of Residence - 15 Central Avenue, Clarendon Park, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, LEICESTER
- Memorial - WYGGESTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS MEM., LEICESTER