In Memory Of

FITZGERALD, ALFRED EDWARD

Service Details
Age:
 43
Date of Birth:
 1872-10-25
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment:
 Durham Light Infantry
Former Regiment:
 formerly East Surrey Regiment
Date of Death:
 1916-07-11
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in Battle of Fricourt (1st day of the Somme) 1st July 1916
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 North-East of church.
Cemetery:
 TWYFORD (THE ASSUMPTION) CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
 Buckinghamshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of the late Robert Allan Fitzgerald and Mrs. Blewettref, of the Manor House, Aylesbury. Husband of Mary Eleanor Fitzgerald (nee Irwin). Served in British South Africa Police 1896. Well known as a cricketer in India and West Indies and member of MCC. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918