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Able Seaman JAMES EDWARD ALEXANDER

Service Number: D/JX 165241
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Venetia.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT

Naval Reservation. Grave 1238.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Annie Alexander, of Leighton, Montgomeryshire.
  • Personal Inscription FOR EVER WITH THE LORD A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND - HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1219
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