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Service Alexander Cumming Lieut
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21187
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- SKR/DAT/IP/21187
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Title (The name of the record)
- Service Alexander Cumming Lieut
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Description (What the record is about)
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Surname: Service;
Forename(s): Alexander Cumming;
Initials: AC;
Rank: Lieut;
Previous Battalion: 6 of;
Previous Regiment: Argyll & SH;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 136 Coy;
How killed: KIA;
Where: Palestine;
When killed: 29-May-1918;
Other Data: named in WO95/4715
War Diary WO95/5141 -" large HE shell landed right on left hand gun at Bedouin Knoll, killing Lt AC Service and 1 British Other Rank, and rendering gun temporarily unserviceable - these guns were bombarded for 1 1/2 hours." NB - "British Other Rank" not traced.
Glasgow Academy Roll of Honour - Mesopotamia 1916, Egypt 1918 (shown as KIA 31/5/1918)
name traced on Embarkation List ex-Mesopotamia 1917;Other Notes: SERVICE, Lieutenant, ALEXANDER CUMMING, 6th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders attd. 136th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 29th May 1918. Age 30. Son of Dr. John and Alice M. Service, of 9, Whitehaugh Drive, Paisley, formerly of Mossend. R. 21. Ramleh War Cemetery, Palestine;
END OF RECORD.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c6d07d9b-baa5-446d-bcfd-2325f5191b85/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Service Alexander Cumming Lieut