FIFE Alexander John Lt Col

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Surname: FIFE;

Forename(s): Alexander John;

Initials: AJ;

Rank: Lt Col;

Previous Battalion: 4 of;

Previous Regiment: Yorks Regt;

Date of transfer to MGC: 29-May-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: Base Depot;

Date abroad: 01-Nov-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: D;

Where: France;

When killed: 07-Feb-1917;

Other Data: Green Howards Gazette March 1917:-

"Lt Col Alexander John FIFE who died suddenly in a Base Hospital from heart failure following an attack of pneumonia, resided at Langton Hall, Northallerton.
He was born in 1880, the elder son of the late Major William Henry FIFE-COOKSON, [9th Lancers], of Lee Hall, Northumberland. He entered the Army in 1899, served for 11 years in the King's Royal Rifles. He saw active service in South Africa where he was severely wounded in the head; and was subsequently Aide-de-Camp to Lord GREY when Governor General of Canada.
Retiring with the rank of Capt on the death of his father, Capt FIFE took keenly to agriculture.
On the outbreak of the War, Capt FIFE was gazetted to the Local Territorials [4th Yorks Regt] as a Major on 5th Sept 1914, and on 29 May 1916 was appointed to command a Group Machine Gun Training Centre, with the temporary rank of Lt Col. He was appointed a Battalion Commander in the Machine Gun Corps on 4th Sept 1916 and went to the FRONT in November.
Lt Col FIFE was married in 1915 to Mary Aileen, eldest daughter of Mr E.H. Courage, of Kirkby Fleetham Hall, by whom he left two infant boys."
photo: Harrow Roll Of Honour.
Address: Langton Hall, Northallerton
Camiers Area war diaries - died in 24 Gen Hospital;

Other Notes: FIFE, Lieutenant Colonel, ALEXANDER JOHN, Base Depot. Machine Gun Corps. Died of heart failure following pneumonia 7th February 1917. Age 36. Son of the late Major W. H. Fife-Cookson and Mrs. Fife-Cookson, of Langton Hall, Northallerton; husband of Mary Aileen Fife, of Langton Hall, Northallerton, Yorks. I. B. 82. Etaples Military Cemetery - Pas De Calais, France.;

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