Albert Edward Crossley
Date of birth: 1893
Date of death: 27.9.1918
Area: Pontefract
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps
Family information: Son of George Richard and Rebecca Crossley nee Sykes
Rank: Private
Service number: 116689
War Service
Albert Edward Crossley enlisted in the Machine Gun Corps as a Private with the service number 116689. He died on 27th September 1918 and is buried in Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Family Life
He was born in Pontefract in 1893. His parents were George Richard and Rebecca Crossley nee Sykes. George Richard’s parents were George and Elizabeth Crossley nee Atkinson. Rebecca’s parents were George and Mary Ann Sykes nee Emmerson.
He had a brother, George Ernest, who also died in the Great War.
The family were living in East Hardwick in both the 1901 and 1911 censuses.
