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Captain ALEXANDER LYNAM De COURCY STRETTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM BRITISH AND INDIAN MEMORIAL

Tanzania

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. W. De Courcy Stretton (R.A., retired), of Little Close, Salcombe, Devon and Beata Caroline Stretton; husband of Mary Stretton (formerly Shaw), of Whitehall, Buxton. His brother John De Courcy Stretton also fell.
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