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Second Lieutenant THOMAS GORDON EDGCOMBE ALDER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 28 July 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GLOUCESTER OLD CEMETERY

Old Ground. Sec. 8. Grave 1997.

United Kingdom

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and East Lancashire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Emanuel Benjamin and Kate Mary Alder, of Milford Villa, 50, Hanman Rd., Gloucester.
  • Personal Inscription THE WORLD IS BUT AN HOUR THE REST IS UNSEEN
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Buried or commemorated at

GLOUCESTER OLD CEMETERY
Gloucestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 273
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