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Cpl. Alfred George Wells
British Army 175 Tunnel Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Dudley, Northumberland
(d.26th Jun 1917)
Alfred George Wells, Corporal 102244, enlisted London and served in 175th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. He was killed in action age 38 on the 26th June 1917 and is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals and that he was killed in action.
Alfred was born in Jarrow 1879.
He was married to Dorothy Durey (formerly Wells nee Wandless) of 8 Mears Terrace, Burradon, Dudley, Northumberland.