Rank
Private
Regiment
London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Date of death
21 September 1916
Age of death
23
Address
Oakfield
Grove Hill
South Woodford
Woodford
E18 2JU
Address source
1911 Census
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
France
Biography
Born in 1893 at Woodford, son of Frank (a Grocer in 1901 and 1911, but later described as a Shipbrokers Clerk) and Agnes Nicholson. 1901: The family home was “Oakfield” Grove Hill, South Woodford. 1911: Alexander was a Bank Clerk still with his family at "Oakfield." He was educated at Woodford College.
He enlisted at the Battalion Headquarters in Somerset House, and was sent to France on 17th March 1915. He died it is suggested from wounds received earlier, while a P.O.W. in Germany.
Research by Adrian Lee, Local Historian
Sources:
Ancestry.com
Woodford Times