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Edwin Alker

Details

Forename Edwin
Surname Alker
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 27
Address
Parents' Address 140 Barnsley Street
Township Wigan
Rank Gunner
Occupation or place of work Garswood Hall Colleries (formerly Corporation Farm Estates)
Regiment Royal Field Artillery 124th Brigade
Day of Death 7
Month of Death November
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Voormezeele Enclosures No 1 & 2
Regiment Number 74135
Name of War First World War
Location Wigan
Additional Information Son of Edwin & Elizabeth
CWGC, Ancestry, Pemberton Colliery Boys School Records ; WO 24/11/17
Reported wounded WO 16/9/16