Cross Charles Ferguson Pte 4456187
Personnel Entry
Name Cross Charles Ferguson
Army number 4456187
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1920/21.
Age 23
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring/Summer 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION NW Europe 28/6/44, Serial No. 368 while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 28-Jun-44
Home address Son of Christopher and Elizabeth Cross, Grandson of Mrs H Hopkinson, Gateshead. Buried Grave IV.F.1. Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery.
Source table 1TS
