| Notes: | CMP. 5 Div Pro Coy. Enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers. 14/12/40 Transferred to CMP. 15/3/44 Killed in Action. He was born in London SW and resided in Middlesex. 15/3/44 killed by shellfire with Cpl Holleley of same unit. War Diary 5 Div Pro Coy, WO 170/435 8/3/44 Embarked for Anzio (only mention in diary). Inscription on gravestone. Deep in our hearts his memory is kept, one whom we love and shall never forget.
Alfred Ham.
Extract from the Middlesex Chronicle 1/4/1944.
L/CPL A HAM KILLED.
News has been received by Mrs Florence Rose ham of 14, Clunbury Avenue, Heston, that her husband Lance Corporal Alfred Ham has been killed by enemy action in Italy in March.
A native of Fulham, Alfred Ham was the son of Mr and Mrs Ham of Sutton Way, Heston and resided in Heston for 14 years. Prior to enlistment soon after the outbreak of war he was employed at the Heston Milk Depot of the London Cooperative Society. He saw service in India, Africa, Iraq and Sicily before being transferred to the Italian Front. Thirty four years of age, he leaves a son age five.
(article has a picture of L/Cpl Ham in SD cap and battle dress. |
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