Private Alexander (Alec) Hynd
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1898
Date of Death
2 Jul 1918
Service Number
24964
Place of Birth
Bognor Regis
World War I Address
Hexton
Place of Death
France
Grave Location
Bagneux British Cemetery
Gezaincourt
FranceWar Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Luton News , 18th July 1918
Pte Alexander (Alec) Hynd, 24964, 6th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment, died of wounds in hospital in France on July 2nd, 1918.
Born near Bognor Regis in Sussex in 1898, he had moved with parents Henry and Alice and a brother and a sister to Hexton, near Luton, by the time of the 1911 Census. He was engaged to a Luton girl, Miss E. M. Day.
A letter to his parents said Alec had been severely wounded in the leg. He was given a blood transfusion but passed away on the night of July 2nd. The hospital sister wrote that Alec had suffered no pain.
Alec is commemorated on a war memorial in St Faith's Church, Hexton.
Author: Deejaya
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