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Military service
Service number:
192985
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
Nottingham, England
Enlistment:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
October 23, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
N. 375.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Harriett Alvey, of Leicester, England.
Digital gallery of Private Owen Burchby Alvey
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Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Berry enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Alvey enlisted with the 92nd bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 13th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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Grave Marker
Pte. Owen Burchby Alvey died in Netley Hospital and is buried in it's Military cemetery. Lest We Forget. https://www.netley-military-cemetery.co.uk/commonwealth-war-graves-wwi-canadian/a-l/
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Private Owen Burchby Alvey
Digital gallery of
Private Owen Burchby Alvey
Digital gallery of
Private Owen Burchby Alvey
Digital gallery of
Private Owen Burchby Alvey
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Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY Hampshire, United Kingdom
The Netley Military Cemetery is located in Hound, a parish and village on Southampton Water, 4 miles south-east of Southampton. It is a permanent Ministry of Defence cemetery of 17 acres, attached to the Royal Victoria Hospital. It was used during both world wars for burials from the hospital. It lies within a park maintained by Hampshire County Council on the site of the former hospital, and access is by way of a private road with a lockable security barrier.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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