Basic Details
Surname
Storey
Forenames
Alvara
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He worked as a dyer before he enlisted in January 1916. He died when a shell buried him in his dugout. He is not commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial they researched.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Somme
Cemetery
Connaught British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
4
Age at death
20
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action