We remember Alexander Allen Cordner

We remember Alexander Allen Cordner

Timeline

Timeline

1880
birth Calcutta India Source:7627697 19th March 1880
1899
service Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry Source:8660596 1st January 1899
1899
commission Regular Source:8660596 1st July 1899
1900
service Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry Source:8660600 1st January 1900
1908
marriage Bridget Ellen Williams Source:8643103 1908
1910
service Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry Source:8660533 1st January 1910
1911
children Sheila Elizabeth Cordner Source:8643106 1911
1917
service Royal Navy Major Royal Marine Light Infantry Source:8660594 24th January 1917
1918
service Royal Navy Major Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion Source:7627697 25th February 1918 - 23rd April 1918
1918
death Killed in Action Zeebrugge Belgium Source:7627697 Source:8643104 23rd April 1918
1918
awards Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) British Award/Decoration Source:8660602 25th July 1918
burial St Andrew's Churchyard Whitchurch (st Andrew) Churchyard Non-War Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Whitchurch, Devon Devon United Kingdom United Kingdom Source:8643109

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Alexander Allen
Initials AA
Last Name Cordner
Source 7627697
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Royal Navy Royal Marine Light Infantry Second Lieutenant
Royal Navy Royal Marine Light Infantry Lieutenant
Royal Navy Royal Marine Light Infantry Captain
Royal Navy Royal Marine Light Infantry Major
Royal Navy Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion Major
Awards
AwardTypeSource
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) British Award/Decoration
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Sheila Elizabeth Cordner daughter 1911
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Robert Allen Cordner father
Alice Lucas mother
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Bridget Ellen Williams wife 1908

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Official Records

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Royal Navy Officers: 1899 - 1919
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription Keith1947
Royal Marine Medal Roll 1914-1920 Transcription Keith1947
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Keith1947
British Army, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription Keith1947
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Keith1947

External Evidence

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Captain Trevor65535
Major Trevor65535
Second Lieutenant Trevor65535
London Gazette Issue 27170 page 1433 Trevor65535
Mentioned in Despatches Trevor65535
Dispatches of Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes and Other Narratives of the Operations at Zeebrugge Keith1947

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