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| Name: |
FLACK |
| Initials: |
W A |
| Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
| Rank: |
Driver |
| Regiment: |
Royal Engineers |
| Unit Text: |
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| Age: |
25 |
| Date of Death: |
12/08/1914 |
| Service No: |
17126 |
| Casualty Type: |
Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: |
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| Cemetery: |
HIGHWOOD (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD |
| Additional information: Son of
Alfred and Annie Flack, of Sunnyside, Highwood. |
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| When war was
declared on 4th August 1914, William Alfred Flack was a driver with the Corps
of Royal Engineers (reserve).He was 25 when he died, why has yet to be
discovered but he was buried in his local cemetery only eight days into the
war. He isn’t listed on the war memorials at or inside the church despite
having been a local man. His father and mother Alfred and Annie Flack lived at
Sunnyside in Highwood. The 1901 Census shows that Alfred was a wood carter and
William was the oldest of three boys. At time of writing there is no evidence
to show why and how he died. |
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| More details
will be added as they arrive |