Bramwell Gladstone Henry Cross

Forenames

Bramwell Gladstone Henry AWMM

Surname

Cross AWMM

Also known as

Gladstone Henry Cross AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/396 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1896 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Papatowai, Catlin's, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr Henry Cross (father), Bluff, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/396 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidental death on active service AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Son of Henry and Jane Cross, of Bluff, New Zealand.

Enlisted as Gladstone Henry Cross. Named on the Bluff Memorial as B.G.H. Cross. Named on the Birth Register as Bramwell Gladstone Cross. Probate, Wellington for Bramwell Gladstone Cross 1917 AWMM

Death

6 Apr 1916 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Date of death

6 May 1916

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Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Death notes

Accidentally killed by premature detonation of a grenade at a training ground.
Correct date of death 6 May 1916.

Public - Martyn - Researcher - 1 February 2026 - NZ Archway

Cemetery

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM V. C. 6. AWMM

Memorial reference

CWGC

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Memorial name

Bluff War Memorial AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21899309
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commmission
  https://www.cwgc.org/
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 164
• Information kindly provided by family
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 30 - The Periscope : unofficial mouthpiece of the 1st Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) and Divisional Ammunition Column -- At sea : Officers & men of the Reinforcement : 1915