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Pte Alfred Rackley
British Army 6th btn Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Watford
(d.7th Oct 1917)
Alfred Rackley was my great uncle, born Croxley Green, Hertfordshire.
Editor's Note:- At the time of his death, the 6th Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment were part of the 37th Division which was involved in the 3rd Battle of Ypres. The war diary for the Battalion records that, on that day, they lost 10 O.R. (other ranks) killed and 15 O.R. wounded through artillery shelling.
Alfred is interred at Hooge Crater Cemetery.