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Private ALEXANDER ELWELL

Service Number: 16412
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

I. D. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Ann Elwell, of 127, Cattell Rd., Small Heath, Birmingham, and the late Thomas Elwell. One of five brothers who served.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AN HERO'S DEATH FIGHTING FOR KING & COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 494
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