David Alexander

Item

Title

David Alexander

Who?

David Alexander

Item(s)

242 - Two postcards
243 - Photograph of David Alexander
244 - Three medals
245 - Death penny

Story

This story has been passed down from the contributor's grandmother, who did not really speak about the war.

David Alexander died while trying to defuse a German bomb. His daughter remembers her mother receiving the telegram.

David left four sons and a daughter. Two of the sons had to work to provide for the family. Their uncles paid for David's daughter to go to private school.

The contributor's grandmother's two brothers also died in the war.

When?

1916

Where?

Not known

Contributor

Susan Broadfield

Collection Day

King's High School, Warwick (08/06/2018)

This item was submitted on May 20, 2019