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Sgt. Howard Alexander Fagan MM, MID.
British Army 1/16th (Queens Westminster Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:2 Briarwood Rd, Clapham, London
(d.21st Jul 1916)
Sergeant Alec Fagan was seriously wounded on the 1st of July 1916 at the Battle of Gommecourt and was taken to No.16 General Hospital, Le Treport suffering from Gun shot wounds right thigh and side. His parents were given permission to attend and see him which they did on the 19th July but alas he died two days later and was buried in the Mont-Huon Military Cemetery. He was still only 18 years old when he died and received the Military Medal posthumously.