Casualty Information
Serjeant
ALEXANDER JOHN
MORETON
Service Number
Age
Date of death
3188949
31
Wednesday, 07 June 1944
Company:
Unknown
Born: Sep 1911, Colchester Green, Suffolk. United Kingdom. Son of Arthur Ernest Moreton, M.B.E., and Violet Waldie Moreton; husband of Mary Newman Moreton, of Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.
War Service details:
Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No).
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
1st Bttn KOSB location on day of death (According to War Diary)
Caen
Extract from War Diary on Date of Death:
"Led by 'C' Coy the move to the wood just to the North East of LE MESNIL was accomplished. Consolidation was carried out.
In the evening some casualties were caused by enemy mortar fire."
In Memorium
Memorial
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
XXVIII. J. 21.
Photo Credits:
FindGrave - Jacques Girauld