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ALLAN, JOHN TURNBULL, Private, No. 240858, B Coy., 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, s. of the late John Turnbull Allan, by his wife (-) (4. Hanover Street, Fraserburgh); b. Fraserburgh. 17 June. 1895: edne. Central School there was a Cooper; enlisted 25 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Arras 26 June, 1917. Buried five miles north of Poperinghe; unm.
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ALLAN, JAMES, Private, No. 315494, Lewis Gun Section. 13th Scottish Horse. attd. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 2nd s. of John Allan, Grocer and Wine Merchant, Parkhead, Glasgow; b. 19 Oct. 1892: educ. at Allan Glen School: joined the Scottish Horse in June, 1915; served in Egypt and Salonika: was sent to France in July, 1918, and was killed, in action on 4 Nov. following. by machine-gun fire at Fontaine-au-Bois, near Le Catean. Buried in the Military Cemetery there.
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ALLAN, ADAM, Private, No. 8/25214, 1/6th (Territorial) Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s), 4th s. of Adam Bruce Allan, of 38, Charlotte Street, Aberdeen, Lithographer, by his wife, Isabeila. dau. of the late Capt. George Sim, of Peterhead; b. Aberdeen. 22 Aug. 1900: educ. Normal School, George Street, Aberdeen; was a Clerk. Joined the Seaforth Highlanders 15 Sept. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from March, 1918, and was killed in action near Rheims on 21 July following. Buried where he fell; unm.
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Alington G W S Cpl MM + Bar 766852 17th London Regiment
ALINGTON, GERVASE WINFORD STOVEN, M.M. and Bar, Corpl., No. 766852, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only child of Gervase O’Bryen Alington, of Killard, West Malvern, by his wife, Mary Charlotte Swan, dau, of the Rev. T. H. Lister: b. Slough, co. Buckingham, 6 March, 1892; educ. Hillside, West Malvern; Summer Fields. Oxford: Radley, and Magdalen College, Oxford: applied for a commission, but failed to pass the medical examination; joined the Artists’ Rifles 6 Sept. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 31 March, 1918, being transferred to the 17th London Regt. served as runner to his Battn. Headquarters from 24 Aug. to 22 Sept., and was killed in action at Tournai 9. Nov. following. Buried in the Cemetery du Sud, Tournai. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Day by day, as we grew acquainted, the perception of his sterling qualities, mental and intellectual, engendered in the minds of his comrades, officers and men, an appreciation and admiration, which in my long experience of warfare I have very seldom seen equalled, and never surpassed. His tranquillity in all circumstances proved that he saw the affairs of life and death in their proper perspective, and, through all, his devotion to his religion never failed,” and a comrade: “Corpl. Alington was truly and honestly one of the most respected men in the whole company, not only by the men, but by the officers. Being with him day and night, week after week, I have often tried to copy his unfailing patience and good-humour. I have never heard him say an unkind thing, or do mean action. I don’t think he could… He never failed to attend any services we were able to have, and was undoubtedly the padre’s most helpful member. He was the coolest man by far I ever saw up the line.” He was awarded the M.M. and Bar, for gallant and distinguished service in the field; unm.
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ALFORD, ADOLPHE JOHN, Private, No. 57837. 2/8th (Service) Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., s. of Fred Alford, of North Lodge, Cadewell, near Torquay, Head Gardener, by his wife, Blanche, daughter of Adolphe (and Louise) Meystre; b. Broad Clyst. co. Devon, 6 July, 1898; educ. Upton Church of England School. Torquay: was a Railway Porter at Torre enlisted in the Worcestershire Regt. 20 Aug. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from April, 1918, and died at Napsbury War Hospital, St. Albans, 10 Nov. following, from wounds received in action. Buried in Torquay Cemetery; unm.
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ALEXANDER, ARTHUR, Gunner. No. 365960, 65th Siege Battery. Royal Garrison Artillery, eldest s. of the late Gunner John Alexander, R.A.. by his wife. Thirza (14. Murray lane. Montrose), dan, of Samuel Ebbage: b. Montrose. co. Forfar. 2 Sept. 1895 educ. there; was a Porter at Montrose Station: joined the R.G.A. in 1910: was called up on mobilization 4 Aug. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Feb. 1916, and died at No. 3 Hospital, Le Tréport, 28 Oct. 1918, of gas-shell poisoning, received in action 7 Sept. previously. Buried in Mont Huon Cemetery; unm.
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ALDRIDGE, THOMAS, Private, No. 8143, Army Cyclist Corps, s. of Daniel Aldridge, of 110, Malvern Street, Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent, by his wife, Bertha A., dau. of the late Thomas Orme; b. Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent, co. Stafford, 8 July, 1892; educ. Boys’ School there was employed as a Newsagent’s Assistant; joined the Army Cyclist Corps 3 July, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 18 Oct. 1916, and died at No. 34 Casualty Clearing Station, Solesmes, 16 Nov. 1918, of pneumonia, following influenza, contracted while on active service. Buried in the British Cemetery there. His Commanding Officer wrote: “During the last advance in which we were engaged your son accomplished some sterling work; he acquitted himself extremely well, and proved himself to be a keen soldier and a true comrade to his fellow-men.” Unm.
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Aldridge S Pte 1st Wiltshire Regiment
ALDRIDGE, STANLEY, Private, No. 27428, 1st Battn. (62nd Foot) The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regt.), 2nd s. of the late (-) Aldridge, by his wife, Elizabeth (-) (60, Eleanor Road, Dalston Lane, Hackney, E.); b. Hackney, London, E., in 1898; educ. there; enlisted in the 18th Training Reserve in Feb. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, where he was subsequently transferred to the Wiltshire Regt., and died at Rouen Stationary Hospital 29 Oct. 1918, of influenza contracted while on active service. Buried at Rouen; unm.
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Aldridge H Sergt 201641 11th Suffolk Regiment
ALDRIDGE, HENRY, Sergt., No. 201641, 11th (Service) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 8. of William Aldridge, of Standon; b. Standon, co. Herts, 23 Feb. 1886; educ. there; enlisted in the Suffolk Regt. 19 June, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 5 Nov. following, and was killed in action there 24 Oct. 1918. Buried at Vendigies, north-east of Cambrai. A letter written stated: “I can only say that of all the six who were killed in the recent action, there is no one about whom I am more grieved than your husband. Whenever we were under heavy shelling, his coolness helped us all. I know that once he saved several who were buried alive during a German barrage in Aug. In every way he was a right hand to me.” He m. at Christ Church, Tottenham, N., in 1911, Phœbe Mary Ann (23, Culross Road, Lower Tottenham, N.), dau. of Edward Freeman, and had a dau., Phœbe Marjorie.
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ALCOCK, ALFRED DAVID, Rifleman, No. 32078, 3rd Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), s. of Alfred David Alcock, of Kingsland; b. City Road, London, E.; educ. there; enlisted 30 April, 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died while a prisoner of war 20 Jan. 1918, from wounds received in action. Buried in Germany. Hem. at Hackney, E., in 1904, Lily Grace (31, Albert Road, Hackney, E.), dau. of James Wiley, of Hackney, E., and had a dau., Lily Grace.
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