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Serjeant DOUGLAS ALEXANDER

Service Number: 2953
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ

II. G. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Douglas Harry Flaws Alexander and Alice Harriet Flaws Alexander, of 16, Cato Rd., Clapham, London.
  • Personal Inscription THE BRAVEST ARE THE TENDEREST THE LOVING ARE THE DARING
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Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1573
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