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Pte. Alexander Anderson
British Army 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.13th Sep 1916)
Alexander Anderson served with the 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
He was aged 27 when he died of wounds on 13th September 1916. He was
born Liverpool and lived in Jarrow, the son of William and Esther Anderson of 47 Queen's Road Jarrow. On the 1911 census Alexander Anderson age 22, a Rifleman is with his regiment Durham Light Infantry, his parents William and Esther Anderson are with their children at 5 South Street back, Jarrow.
He enlisted in Sunderland.
Alexander is buried in Harbarco Communal Cemetery Extension and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.