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Benjamin Dela Cruz * born 1883 Liverpool, England; KIA 9/26/1917 Ypres
salient, Belgium; King’s Liverpool Regiment; transferred to 2nd/7th Battalion, Lancanshire
Fusiliers died in the service of 4th Battalion, The King’s Liverpool Regiment; commemorated
@ Tyne Cot Cemetery near Passchendaele Belgium civilian occupation: boot repairer; husband of: Annie Swinchin; date of marriage:
1/26/1914; son of John (Juan) I & Elizabeth Winn
Henry De La Cruz * born 1896 Liverpool England; KIA 8/15/1915 Pvt 6th
Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, part of the 10th Irish Division that landed on 8/7/1915 @ Suvla
Bay Gallipoli Turkey; commemorated in the WW1 Role of Honour Town Hall Liverpool Source: www.cwgc.org.uk; his name, also included in the 27,000 British & Commonwealth troops on the Helles Memorial @ Gallipoli Turkey; resided
@ 13 Upper Pitt St. Liverpool; youngest son of John (Juan) De la Cruz , I & Elizabeth Winn .(Additional
Notes on John (Juan) I of 27 Frederick St. Liverpool, England: born 1851 Philippines; drowned 11/4/1911 Kilcherean,
Island of Islay Scotland, cook of ship-Ocean)
John De La Cruz * born 1898 Liverpool Rngland; KIA 9/26/1917 Y pres salient,
Belgium; 4th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment); grave unknown; commemorated @ Tyne Cot
Cemetery near Passchendaele Belgium; son of Domingo De La Cruz & Isabella Galloway
Nicholas De La Cruz * born 1889 Liverpool, England; KIA 7/30/1916 Somme France
Pvt 20th Battalion, the King’s (Liverpool Regiment) son of Philip Dela Cruz & Sarah Anne of 20th
Battalion, the King’s (Liverpool Regiment; husband of Janet; civilian occupation: compositor; (1913) resident of #9
Nova Scotia St. Mann Island; Liverpool; commemorated Thiepval Memorial, world’s largest British War Memorial
Notes by M.E. Embry
List of individuals w/ Cruz surname in United Kingdom:
1911 Census
Source: http://www.1911census.co.uk
Last Name-First Name-Sex-Birth Yr-Age in 1911-District-County
CRUZ JUANITA MING F 1883 28 Liverpool Lancashire
CRUZ MANUEL M 1898 13 Wharfedale Yorkshire
West Riding
CRUZ MARIO M 1891 20 Manchester
Lancashire
DE CRUZ AGOSTIN M 1889 22 Orsett Essex
DE CRUZ ANNIE F 1857 54 Fylde Lancashire
DE CRUZ CECIL E M 1887 24 West Ham Essex
DE CRUZ CLAUDE M 1891 20 West Ham Essex
DE CRUZ CONSTANCE P F 1894 17 West Ham Essex
DE CRUZ DOMINGO J M 1854 57 Toxteth
Park Lancashire
DE CRUZ HENRY L M 1860 51 West Ham Essex
DE CRUZ IDA F 1876 35 Bradford Yorkshire
West Riding
DE CRUZ JANE P F 1859 52 West Ham Essex
DE CRUZ LOUIS E G M 1886 25 West Ham Essex
DE CRUZ MARA IRENE F 1905 6 Bradford Yorkshire West Riding
DE CRUZ MARGARET K F 1897 14 West Ham Essex
DE CRUZ MINNIE ELIZABETH F 1872 39 Portsmouth Hampshire
DE CRUZ SURTORRIO M 1850 61 Fylde Lancashire
DE CRUZ VERA MARGARET F 1900 11 Bradford Yorkshire West Riding
DE CRUZ WILLIAM HAWROYD M 1907 4 Bradford Yorkshire West Riding
DE LA CRUZ ANESTACIA F 1890 21 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ BENJAMIN M 1891 20 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ ELIZABETH F 1852 59 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ FILICEANA F 1870 41 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ FRANCISA M 1866 45 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ HARRY CLARKSON M 1892 19 Liverpool
Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ HENRY M 1897 14 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ JANE F 1835 76 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ JANET MARSHALL F 1889 22 Liverpool
Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ JUAN M 1883 28 St Marylebone London
DE LA CRUZ MARY F 1852 59 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ MARY JANE F 1849 62 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ MONICA FOBIS F 1904 7 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ NICHOLAS M 1889 22 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ PEDRO M 1877 34 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ PHILLIP M 1847 64 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ PHILLIP M 1894 17 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ ROSARIO F 1882 29 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ SARAH ANN F 1867 44 Liverpool Lancashire
DE LA CRUZ VERA F 1885 26 St Marylebone London
DELA CRUZ CARLOTTA F 1897 14 Liverpool Lancashire
DELA CRUZ DOMINGO M 1903 8 Liverpool Lancashire
DELA CRUZ HILARIO M 1904 7 Liverpool Lancashire
DELA CRUZ ISABELLA F 1877 34 Liverpool Lancashire
DELA CRUZ ISABELLE F 1901 10 Liverpool Lancashire
DELA CRUZ JOHN M 1899 12 Liverpool Lancashire
DELA CRUZ JOSEPHINE F 1909 2 Liverpool Lancashire
DELA CRUZ MARIA F 1895 16 Liverpool Lancashire
DELA CRUZ MARY F 1855 56 Liverpool Lancashire
SANTA CRUZ ANNIE
F 1892 19 Liverpool Lancashire
VICIRA DE CRUZ CLARA F 1859 52 Lewisham London
VICIRA DE CRUZ EDWARDS M 1861 50 Lewisham London
VICIRA DE CRUZ KENNETH M 1893 18 Lewisham London
VICIRA DE CRUZ LESLIE M 1891 20 Lewisham London
Dedicated to the Dela Cruz WW1 heroes:
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks,
still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In
Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to
hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep,
though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
by Lt.Col John McCrae, MD Canadian Army to honor
Lt. Alexis Helmer, his friend & former student who died on 5/2/1915 on the WW1 Ypres Battle
'Reply to In Flanders Fields'
Oh! Sleep in peace where poppies grow;
The torch your
failing hands let go
Was caught by us, again held high,
A beacon light in Flanders sky
That dims the stars to those
below,
You are our dead, you held the foe,
And ere the poppies cease to blow,
We'll prove our faith in you who lie
In Flanders Fields.
Oh! rest in peace, we quickly go
To you who bravely died, and know
In other fields was heard
the cry,
For freedom's cause, of who you lie,
In Flanders Fields.
As in rumbling sound, to and fro,
The lightning
flashes, sky aglow,
The mighty hosts appear, and high
Above the din of battle cry,
Scarce heard amidst the guns below,
Are
fearless hearts who fight the foe,
And guard the place where poppies grow.
Oh! sleep in peace , all you who lie
In Flanders Fields.
And still the poppies gently blow,
Between the crosses, row on row,
The larks, still bravely
soaring high,
Are singing now their lullaby
To you who sleep where poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
-- John Mitchell
ANOTHER REPLY TO
"IN FLANDERS FIELDS"
In Flanders Fields the cannons boom,
And fitful flashes
light the gloom;
While up above, like eagles, fly
The fierce destroyers of the sky;
With stains the earth wherein
you lie
Is redder than the poppy bloom,
In Flanders Fields.
Sleep on, ye brave! The shrieking shell,
The quaking trench, the startling yell,
The fury of the battle hell
Shall
wake you not, for all is well;
Sleep peacefully, for all is well.
Your flaming torch aloft we bear,
With burning
heart and oath we swear
To keep the faith, to fight it through,
To crush the foe, or sleep with you,
In Flanders Fields
by J.A. Armstrong
America's Answer
Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders dead.
The fight that ye so bravely led
We've taken up. And we will keep
True faith
with you who lie asleep
With each a cross to mark his bed,
In Flanders fields.
Fear not that ye have died for naught.
The torch ye threw to us we caught.
Ten millions hands will hold it high,
And Freedom's light shall never die!
We've learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders fields.
by R.W. Lilliard
'For The Fallen'
With proud thanksgiving,
a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were,
spirit of spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up
into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady
and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall
grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the
sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not with laughing comrades again;
They sit
no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.
But
where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart
of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are
dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the
end, to the end, they remain.
Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)
Last Post
by Robert Graves The bugler sent a call
of high romance—
"Lights out! Lights out!" to the deserted square.
On the thin brazen notes he threw a prayer,
"God, if it's this for me next time in France ...
O spare the phantom bugle as I lie
Dead in the gas and smoke and roar of guns,
Dead in a row with the other broken ones
Lying so stiff and still under the sky,
Jolly young Fusiliers too good to die."
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