diary, diary
Accession Number
NAM.2005-05-42-17
Description
Manuscript account in diary format of 12 Pln, D Coy, 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment daily operations, covering the period 7 Jul 1944 to 12 Nov 1944. Possibly compiled by Lt Timothy Cross who was killed on 15 Nov 1944, two days after the narrative ends. D Company was a mortar company. Relating to the service and death of Lt Timothy Oliver Kynaston Cross, Rifle Brigade attached 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1944-1945. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). Lt Cross died of injuries sustained when his carrier struck a mine, and is buried at Mierlo Cemetery in Holland.
Campaigns
World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)
Associated collection