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Sapper ARCHIBALD BLAKEBURN ALEXANDER

Service Number: 1890863
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1 Field Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY

4. C. 2A.

Poland

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Edith Alexander, of Doncaster, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEVOTED SON AND A TRUE LOVER. EVER NEAR THOUGH FAR APART
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Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Poland
Number of casualties: 473
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