Army
Crossingham, Henry
Henry Crossingham
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Mother: Mrs Rose Crossingham
Brother: Ben Crossingum
Address: No 1 Two Houses, Haddocks Hill, Bexhill
Other Info: Killed in action on 6th May 1917. According to CWGC, Henry died aged 40 and is remembered at the Arras Memorial in Bay 3.
I’ve added all variety of spellings, as I cannot find a consensus.
Published: September 1917
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There were /are crossinggums and crossinghams in bexhill .Henry was a crossingham. He is listed as such on bexhill war memorial. Hill/road listed became Wrestwood road.
Further to previous: check out bexhill roll of honour. Info about Henry states 1 Wrestwood road. This was later demolished to build Auckland house,a home for the elderly. This itself was later developed for the same
Thank you for this information. Do you know if Ben Crossinggum is related to Henry? Kind Regards, Kieron.
To kieron. I would now like to change my mind ,re: crossingham. Although the memorial states that spelling,newspaper article shows crossinggum ,as does the article re: Ben’s wedding. They were definitely brothers ,as listed as eldest son and youngest son of mrs. Crossinggum of 1, two houses, paddocks hill,(later Westwood road) bexhill_on_sea.
To kieron: I do not recall seeing the posting /article about Ben crossinggums wedding when reading and posting previously.
To kieron.sorry,but on checking again,Ben’s just says mrs. Crossinggum of bexhill,but does also state,brother of henry. Also,I have put Westwood road,should be wrsstwood.
To kieron.sorry ,but upon rechecking,have actually made a few typoes
No problem! Thanks for confirming the link between Ben and Henry. It can be difficult to unpick these things so long after the events took place. Kind Regards, Kieron