Service Details
Name:
 FRASER
Given Name:
 ALAN CUMMING
Initials:
 A C
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 London Regiment
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Unit:
 7th Bn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 5th Mounted Rifles
Date of Death:
 1918-08-31
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Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the attack of the 58th (London) Division on Marrieres Wood.
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 7 November 1918 pg. 13158 - "For conspicuous gallantry and good leadership. When the advance on his flank was held up by heavy machine-gun fire he worked his Lewis gun forward with great courage and disregard of danger, and silenced the machine guns. Our advance was then pushed on. Throughout the operations his fine example inspired confidence in all ranks."
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Annie Gourlay Fraser, of Cape Town, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
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Grave Reference:
 II. G. 16.

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