BORN HULL 20/06/1883. HE HAD JOINED THE EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS IN 1899 AGED 18. HE THEN WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, IN GOOLE. HE MARRIED KATHERINE (KATE) ROBINSON (BORN 09/04/1888), ON 08/12/1908. LIVING AT 6 OAKS YARD, ALBERT STREET, GOOLE. THEY HAD A SON, ALSO CALLED ALEXANDER.
HE ENLISTED AT DONCASTER. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, IN THE 2/4TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/07.1918, AGED 35. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW, KATE, WHO REMARRIED ON 17/04/1920, AND BECAME KATE KENNY.
HE IS BURIED ATÂ COURMAS BRITISH CEMETERY, MARNE, FRANCE.
First name:
ALEXANDER
Military Number:
240961
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
21/07/1918
Place died:
Courmas British Cemetery, Marne, France
Age:
35
