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Private W ALEXANDER

Service Number: S/7850
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 March 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

VII. D. 31.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of W. C. and Jane Alexander, of 1, Corberry Avenue, Maxwelltown, Dumfries.
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2543
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