John Alfred – Lavender – Great Eastern Railway – Private (Corporal) – 31/01/1916
Title
John Alfred – Lavender – Great Eastern Railway – Private (Corporal) – 31/01/1916
Initials / forenames
John Alfred
Surname
Lavender
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Essex Regiment, 10th Battalion
Military rank
Private (Corporal)
Military number
14542
Railway department
Southminster
Railway job
Acting Fireman
Date died
31/01/1916
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine: April 1916, p114
Memorial
Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt
Notes
Aged 25 son of John and Elizabeth Lavender of 84 Walpole Rd, New Town, Great Yarmouth. He was a native of Enfield, Middlesex. He was born in January 1891. He joined the GER at Enfield in 1911, as an engine cleaner. He enlisted on the 8th August 1914 along with his brother. His brother Charles served in the 11th Royal Fusiliers. He was killed by shell-fire.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society); Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
10/10/2016
Last updated
10/10/2016
Citation
“John Alfred – Lavender – Great Eastern Railway – Private (Corporal) – 31/01/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/51710.