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Private DESMOND PERCY ALDER

Service Number: TR7/13726
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Training Reserve

95th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1917

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PITCHCOMBE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD

Near East boundary of new (S.E.) ground.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Esther Alder, of Pitchcombe.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

PITCHCOMBE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Gloucestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2
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