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Captain GEORGE EARL ALT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 April 1915

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY

VII. J. 8.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Col. William J. Alt and Elizabeth Earl, his wife; husband of Virginia C. Alt, of 575, Riverside Drive, New York, U.S.A.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1238
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