156 officers and men of the British Army died on this single day - 16th January - in 1918. 10314 Private Alick Frazer of the 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry was one of these casualties. He died - probably as a result of disease or sickness - whilst in India. His grave may well still exist in one of the many cemeteries, used by the British, that dot Pakistan but in any event he is commemorated on the Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial.
Alick (or Aleck according to his medal index card) was born in Hebburn and was living there at the time of his enlistment. He enlisted at Jarrow in 1908 and had probably been stationed in India at some point during his military career. His MIC though, notes that he arrived overseas on the 21st August 1915.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War
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