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Name: Alexander WHITE
Casualty No.: Ranks: Private Initials: A Service No.: 8/5063
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Frizington, Cumberland. Age at Death: 31
Unit: 1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Whitehaven, Cumberland.
Place of Residence: Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Home Address: 13 Cuthbert Street, Blaydon on Tyne, Co Durham.
Previous Address: Frizington, Cumberland.
Civilian Employment: Miner at Addison Colliery.
How Died: Died of wounds
Date of Death: Monday 9th April 1917
Place of Death:
Battle/Campaign:
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.
Overseas Commemorated: -
Buried: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs: 0
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary: Blaydon Courier, page 8, 12th May 1917.
Family Details:
Son of Mrs Mary Jane White and the late Alexander White of 13 Cuthbert Street, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham (later of 12 Ruth Avenue, Blaydon).
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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