Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (William Nicol Cross) in card envelope of issue, very fine £50-£70

William Nicol Cross was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in August 1892. He emigrated to Canada, and was employed as a Bank Manager by the Bank of Ottawa, in Edmonton, Alberta. Cross initially served in the Militia with the 19th Alberta Dragoons, Machine Gun Section. He served during the Great War as a Trooper with the 3rd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles, before transferring to the 1st Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles.

Cross was taken prisoner of war, and died as a prisoner of war, 11 June 1916. Private Cross is buried in the Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.