EIGHTH GENERATION

220. Alexander WHITEFORD was born in 1912 in Carluke, Glasgow, Scotland. He served in the military from 1939 to 1943. Private in the 6th. Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. No. 2827680. Killed in action, aged 31 years.
He died on 14 Jul 1943 in Scicily, Italy. He was buried after 14 Jul 1943 in Syracuse War Cemetery, Scicily, Italy. Grave No. 1V A 15.

Gravestone reads; In Memory of ALEXANDER WHITEFORD Private 2827680, 6th Bn., Seaforth Highlanders who died on Wednesday, 14th July 1943. Age 31.

Additional Information: Son of Matthew and Margaret Whiteford; husband of Annie Whiteford, of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire.

He was married to Annie.