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Second Lieutenant ALEXANDER PIGOTT WERNHER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

Prince of Wales's Coy., 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT

II. A. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sir Julius Wernher, Bart., and Lady Wernher (now Lady Ludlow), of Bath House, Piccadilly, London.
  • Personal Inscription HIS SACRIFICE WAS THE MEASURE OF HIS LOVE FOR ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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