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annemarycairns



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:35 am    Post subject: alva war memorial Reply with quote

Good morning,
I would like further information about my great uncle Afred who is named on the war memorial in Alva.
He was killed in the first world war.

regards Anne Cairns
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anne

Welcome to the forum and I hope you can find out more about your relative. If you follow this link it will give you some tips on researching names on memorials.

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1969

Kind regards

Adam
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello Anne,

I just had a look at the photos of Alva Civic Memorial and there's 2 Alfreds - Alfred H. Leckie and Alfred Lloyd - which one is your great uncle?

The following information has been taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Database and the Scottish National War Memorial Database:

CWGC:
Name: LECKIE, ALFRED HOBBS
Initials: A H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 14th Bn.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 11/10/1916
Service No: S/9530
Additional information: Son of William and Janet Thomson Leckie, of Alva, Clackmannanshire. Was a soldier in the American Army.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 12.
Cemetery: BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

SNWM:
Surname LECKIE
Firstname Alfred
Service Number S/9530
Date Death 11/10/1916
Place of birth Alva Stirlingshire
Other 14th Bn.
SNWM roll THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
Rank Pte
Theatre of death F.& F.

The following may/not be the correct Alfred Lloyd as there's no reference to Alva. (He is the only Alfred Lloyd on the Scottish National War Memorial, albeit he was in an English Regiment.)

CWGC:
Name: LLOYD
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Royal Engineers
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 183rd Coy.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 20/07/1917
Service No: 1826
Additional information: Son of George Ambrose Lloyd, and the late Cassandra Ann, his wife.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 15.
Cemetery: CANADA FARM CEMETERY

SNWM:
Surname LLOYD
Firstname Alfred
Service Number G/1826
Date Death 20/07/1917
Decoration
Place of birth Hanley Staffs
Other 7th Bn.
SNWM roll SCOTTISH CASUALTIES EXTRACTED FROM ENGLISH REGIMENTS
Rank Pte
Theatre of death F.& F.

Hope the above helps.

Anne
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