Name
Alexander Stewart-Springham
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/07/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Bombardier
64421
Royal Field Artillery
46th Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 1A and 8A.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
St Michael and All Angels Church Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of Minnie Margaret (nee COX) and the late Alexander SPRINGHAM.
His parents married 1899 at Leeds Register Office, Yorks. Alexander died 1902 in the Hartley Wintney, Hants, district aged 35; Minnie died 26 August 1937 in King’s Langley, Herts, aged 65.
Alexander was born 1895 in Aldershot, and baptised 17 September 1905 at Bisley, Hants.
On the 1901 Census, aged 5 he lived in Aldershot, with his parents and three siblings. On the 1911 Census, a Boy in the Royal Horse Artillery aged 15, he was stationed at Seaforth Barracks, Lancs.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Aldershot, Hants; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914 Star medals, his qualifying date being 16 August 1914, and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Alexander’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
His brother Henry died 11 August 1920 and also features on Watford Borough Roll of Honour.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
