Private Alfred Laundon, 22266
- Batt - 8
- Unit - Devonshire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 26/10/1917
- Age - 23
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Benjamin and Anne Laundon.
Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Coalville Times article - Friday August 9th, 1918
LOCAL CASUALTIES
Mrs Laundon, of Leicester Road, Whitwick, on Sunday received official news, that her son, who has been posted as missing since last October, is now presumed to be dead.
Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 28/5/2018
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - Missing In Action
- Other Memorials - Coalville War Memorial Clock Tower
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Devonshire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Tyne Cot Mem., Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Born - Enderby, Leics
- Enlisted - Leicester
- Place of Residence - Leicester Road, Whitwick, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHYRD. MEM., WHITWICK, LEICS
- Memorial - CLOCK TOWER MEM., COALVILLE, LEICS
- Memorial - COUNCIL OFFICE MEM., COALVILLE, LEICS
