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Private J T ALEXANDER

Service Number: 7839
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1915

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. C. 45.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Alexander, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription BUT A BETTER PLACE YE HAVE NAMED FOR ME THAN BY MY FATHER'S GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 534
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