Son of Edmund and Rachel Hannah Crossley, of 167, Crescent Road, Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire. Killed by a splinter from a bomb dropped by an aeroplane.
Crossley, Fred –
Personal details
- Surname: Crossley
- Forename: Fred
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Great Lever, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 19
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 19th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Gunner
- Unit: 349th Siege Battery.
- Service number: 123741
- Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- St. Michael's (Great Lever) C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: I. J. 6.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 07/09/1917 07/12/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 4g/6d* S2*
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 07/09/1917 28/12/1917