Private 9549 Alexander Buchanan
Regiment/Unit: Cheshire Regiment - 1st Bn. 'A' Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 18/12/1914
Age at death: 19
Date of death: 17th of April 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Birkenhead
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 19 - 22.
Family details:
Son of Alexander and Mary Benjamin Buchanan, of "Tower View," Gill's Lane, Pensby, Birkenhead.
Census details:
1901 - 4 years old Alexander is living at 79 Craven Street, Birkenhead with parents Alexander (34), Mary (35) and three siblings: Edith (11), George (8), James (9 Mths). Boarding at the address is Benjamin Gearing (73). 1911 - Sees 14 years old 'Errand Boy' Alexander living at 28 Bright Street, Birkenhead with mother Mary (46) and three siblings: George (18), James (10), Charlotte (5).
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/AlexanderBuchanan-Cheshires.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Alexander Buchanan on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of [url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1966751]Find A Grave[/url])[/caption]
