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Pte. Alfred Allen Dewdney Harding

British Army 9th Battalion, D Company Royal Sussex Regiment

from:East Grinstead

(d.10th May 1916)

Alf Harding was a domestic gardener and keen football player before he joined up. Once he was in the army Alf used to write home when he could especially to his younger brother Ted, trying to discourage his younger sibling's enthusiasm for joining up, describing to him the reality of their situation abroad.

According to the Regimental diary entry, on the 10th of May 1916, Alf was killed in action by German Machine Gun fire whilst undertaking his duty as trench digger and stretcher bearer.



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