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246691 Private Alfred Robert Harris Weir British Army 1/6th Btn. London Regiment from:Fulham (d.07/06/17) Alfred Robert Harris WEIR was born on 22nd September 1881 in Manchester. His parents were Ebenezer E WEIR born circa 1843 and Ann E WEIR born circa 1851. He had two siblings Neil born circa 1883 and Ann born circa 1889. They moved from Manchester to Arrochar in Dumbartonshire in Scotland by 1891 living in Piers House. The family moved again and Alfred was admitted to school in London on 6th September 1893 at Saunders Road School and they lived at 27 Richmond Gardens. Alfred married Emily Hannah Harrington on 5th April 1908 and they lived at 44 Field Road Fulham Middlesex by the 1911 Census with a daughter called Edith Marjory. He joined the 1st/6th Battalion (City of London Rifles) and 322/921/5843 Pte A R H WEIR was killed on 7th June 1917 on the first day of the Battle of Messines. He is one of the 32 soldiers of the battalion killed that day and remembered at Ypres on the Menin Gate memorial Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**