Private William Richard Alexander
Army Number: 71070 (formerly 5391 1/8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Battalion: 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born at lived at Strumpshaw, near Lingwood, Norfolk. Son of Thomas and Ellen Alexander, of Lingwood, Norwich. He was a fisherman prior to enlisting at Norwich. He was killed in action, 24th November 1916, during a German artillery barrage, whilst on a working party to the north of Beaumont Hamel, France, during the Battle of the Somme.
Buried Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, France. Plot 2. Row F. Grave 6.
Private William Richard Alexander is also commemorated on the following local memorials:
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Lingwood, Norfolk.
Lingwood War Memorial, Lingwood, Norfolk.