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Private ALFRED ERNEST AMES

Service Number: 12768
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 March 1916

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

II. E. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert William and Mary Ann Ames, of East Ham. Essex. (Brother of Gnr. Sidney Albert Ames, R.G.A., died of wounds, buried at St. Omer.).
  • Personal Inscription WHAT MORE COULD HE THAN THAT HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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