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Lance Corporal ALEXANDER ANDERSON

Service Number: 12868
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

XXX. H. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and the late Mary Anderson, of Aberdeen; husband of Annie Cowell Marwood (formerly Anderson), of 19, Hoy Crescent, New Seaham, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS

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Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7138
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