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Personal Details of Edith Mary Alexander

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Buried:	10/10/1985

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on Edith Mary Alexander.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

Name at death

Edith Mary Alexander

Age at Death

Burial Date

10 October 1985

Abode

Broadmead Rest Home, Woolton Hill
Newbury

Official at Burial

J Blond ??

Comments

Burial Register Index

Book	1917
Page Number	315
Reccord Number	12116

Sources

Burial Register

Burial Register entry for Edith Mary Alexander
©Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Memorial Details

	On headstone: In/Loving Memory of /Albert Alexander, / died March 15. 1941/ aged 44./ At rest./Edith Mary / Alexander/ his wife/ died October 10. 1985 / aged 89.//

Name on Memorial	Edith Mary Alexander
Date of death	10/10/1985
Age	89
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Kerbstones with headstone at E end
Construction Material	Granite
Condition of memorial	Kerbstones with corner pillars and headstone at E end
Pattison Location Code	Ch32
Others named on memorial
Albert Alexander

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Edith Mary Alexander

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	17/10/1985
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	Some confusion over date of decease. Grave inscription and NWN* show death on 10th October. Inscription: “At rest./Edith Mary / Alexander/ his wife/ died October 10. 1985 / aged 89.” But burial register shows interred on 10th. EDITH MARY ALEXANDER * NWN announcement on 17th October, 1985 reads:- “ALEXANDER:- On October 10th 1985, at Broadlands Rest Home, Woolton Hill, Edith Alexander, aged 89 years. Sadly missed by Brian, Joyce and Lee and families. Funeral has taken place.” [ Burial record states died at Broadmead Rest Home. There is a Broadmead Rest Home in Broadlayings, Woolton Hill] ...
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

GRAVE OF THE MONTH Albert and Edith Alexander

Source:	Clow FONRC
Article date:	01/07/2023
Copyright:
Transciption:	ALBERT ALEXANDER died 1944 & Edith ALEXANDER died 1985 THOMAS DEACON died 1914 & ANNIE DEACON DIED 1948 Constable Albert Alexander was injured during the bombing of Southampton in 1941. When he developed blood poisoning, he was moved to the Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford for treatment. It was agreed that he would be injected with the new drug penicillin. His condition improved, but after 5 days the supply ran out and a month later, he died. He was the first person in the world to be treated with penicillin. His wife Edith was buried in the same grave in 1985. When their daughter Sheila LeBlanc, who had married an American serviceman, visited from California she was able to lay flowers not only on her parents’ grave but also on her grandparents’ (Thomas and Annie Deacon) grave nearby. This event was covered by the BBC and Newbury Weekly news.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

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Edith Mary Alexander - wife of Albert Alexander
© Linda Leblanc

Biographical Information

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