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Pte Alfred J. Perry
British Army 13th Battalion Dorset Regiment
from:Weston Super Mare
(d.3rd June 1917)
Alfred Perry was wounded in 1916 at the Somme whilst serving with the 12th (Labour) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. He returned home to recover and in March 1917 joined the 13th (Works) Battalion, Labour Corps in Exeter. He was obviously unfit to serve and was discharged as such on April 23rd 1917. He died from complications arising from his wounds on June 3rd 1917 in Exeter where he was buried. He left a wife Christina and two daughters.