John "Jack" Strange
Memorial: Falfield - St George's Church
Regiment: The Welsh Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 240856
Parents: John and Lucy Strange
Marital status: Married
Home address: Keepers Cottage, Falfield, Glos
Date of birth: 1887
Place of birth: Castle Eaton, Wiltshire
Date of death: 28/03/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Deir El Balah War Cemetery, Israel. Grave Ref: A.7.
Further information:
Served with the 1st/5th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, John died of his wounds on 28 March 1917. Died at Home (however Ancestry.co.uk Military record states that he died from wounds inflicted in Egypt)
John was married to P. E. (Nellie) Strange, of Military Hospital, Crowborough Camp, Crowborough, Sussex. Although various searches have been made no information can be found for John after the 1901 census. War records show that at the time of his death he home was Merthyr Tydfil
The 1901 census records that John had two younger brothers Albert aged 5 and William aged 3. There is an Albert Edward Strange buried in St George’s Churchyard (1895-1961) which is almost certainly Johns brother
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Falfield Village website and Forces War Records