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Alexander Monfries

Updated: Dec 2, 2023


Tyne Cot Memorial. Ypres Salient. Flanders. Falkirk District
Tyne Cot Memorial. Authors image

32559 L/Cpl

15th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, 96th Infantry Brigade, 32nd Division

Age: 32

Date of Death: 2.12.17


Family: Son of Margaret and of the late John Monfries. At the time of his death his mother (recipient of a pension gratuity) was living at 5 Brunswick Road, Edinburgh. His father had been a potato merchant and they were living in Falkirk the household employed a maid. He had two sisters Jane and Marion and two brothers James and Hector. Interestingly, the Register of Soldiers Effects lists him as assumed to have died in Germany.

The action leading to his death

The battalion had been attached to the 97th Brigade for an attack at Westroosebeke the War Diary recorded the events:


Medals Awarded:

The British War Medal, Victory Medal.


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