Thursday 25 February 2010

12741 Pte Alfred Edward Cornish, 2nd Bn, Royal Berkshire Regt

12741 Private Alfred Edward Cornish of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, died on the 25th February 1918. He was killed in action in the Ypres salient.

Alfred was the son of Mrs Catherine Cornish of 28 Girdlestone Road, Highgate in London. He was 20 years old when he died an, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Tyne Cot War Memorial. His medal index card indicates that he was overseas as early as 25th July 1915 whilst his number indicates that he joined the Royal Berks in September 1914.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War

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