Charles – Alner – Great Western Railway – Private – 01/11/1914
Title
Charles – Alner – Great Western Railway – Private – 01/11/1914
Initials / forenames
Charles
Surname
Alner
Railway company
Great Western Railway
Military unit
Somerset Light Infantry, 1st Battalion
Military rank
Private
Military number
7905
Railway department
Bruton, Traffic Department
Railway job
Porter Shunter
Date died
01/11/1914
Magazine reference
Great Western Railway Magazine, December 1914, p312. Photo, February 1915, p44
Memorial
Ploegsteert Memorial
Notes
Age 29, the nephew of Mrs E Bate, 3a West Cromwell Road, Earls Court, London. Joined the GER as a porter at Cranmore in January 1913. The following June he was transferred to Bruton as a porter shunter.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)
Date entered
14/12/2016
Last updated
14/12/2016
Citation
“Charles – Alner – Great Western Railway – Private – 01/11/1914,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 14, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/62473.