Person    | Female  Born 16/3/1912  Died 13/6/1917

Alice M. Cross

War dead non-military, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW1. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

Alice M. Cross

Died aged five years. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this little girl. Alice Maud Cross was born on 16 March 1912 in Poplar, a daughter of Edward Alfred Cross and Isabella Ann Cross née Easton. Her father was a Box and Packing Case Maker. On 31 March 1912 she was baptised at St Gabriel's Church, Chrisp Street, Poplar and the family is recorded as living at 6 Flint Avenue, Poplar. They moved to 12 Wade Street, Poplar. She attended Upper North Street School, Poplar and died here on 13 June 1917 as a result of a bomb from a German aeroplane that killed a total of 18 children. She was buried on 20 June 1917 in a mass grave at the East London Cemetery and Crematorium, 260a Grange Road, Plaistow.

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