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Name:

Alexander LAYBOURN

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Leading Seaman

Initials:

Service No.:

Tyneside Z/1580

Date of Birth :

09/07/1894

Place of Birth :

Age at Death:

Unit:

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Anson Bn, Royal Naval Division.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Place of Residence:

Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

11 Clifford Street, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Addison Colliery.

How Died:

Died of wounds gun shot wound to the head on 8th August 1915.

Date of Death:

Thursday 19th August 1915

Place of Death:

15th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt.

Battle/Campaign:

Dardanelles/Gallipoli Campaign, Turkey, 1915. Gully Ravine Krithia Nullah Sector.

Locally Commemorated:

Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Blaydon War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. St Cuthbert's Church, Blaydon on Tyne, Co Durham. Swalwell War Memorial, Swalwell, Co. Durham.

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 3, 23rd September 1916.

Family Details:

Alexander lived with his sister Mary Jane Laybourn.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.

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