Private 5171 Alexander Garland
Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: Home (Rainhill Asylum)
Age at death: 28
Date of death: 9th of January 1919
Born: St John's, Newfoundland
Resided: Massachusetts
Burial / Memorial: St Helens Cemetery - Sec 34 / Grave 712 RC
BMD details:
Death registered at Prescot Lancashire in March 1919, aged 28. Vol 8b - Page 1405.
Family details:
Son of Samuel and Margaret Garland, of 68, Piggott Rd., Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Born at St. John's, Newfoundland. Address from pension records: 13 Cale Avenue, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Census details:
1910 US Census. Alexander 20 b Canada is living with his parents Samuel 47,Margaret 41 and siblings Ida M 22, Kenneth 18, Phyllis 10 and George 9 at Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Notes:
Discharged at Preston on 27/06/1916. Alexander was employed as a 'Steward On A Boat' at enlistment in Liverpool.
Discharged at Preston on 27/06/1916. Alexander was employed as a 'Steward On A Boat' at enlistment in Liverpool.
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/5171_Garland.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Alexander Garland at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
