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Private ALEXANDER NIVEN

Service Number: 14780
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

I. A. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Catherine Niven, of 38, Joseph St., Elswick, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Native of Dumfries.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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