https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/43314/archive/files/69b279590112c09c0bc42a1fc84b3a29.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=UwaWWHb5a0v7EIHHvMzMHe6padHKsbk7Nz1f%7EM3UBS%7ETtS1CMvto6XtmeFJrSz7Y8PcFoYcv5d-RVckAa8HSOgkrKYmc77G32urCEi2GbAagJBtxAeJ7qj8U363b0xt4V31gcG0CGexT2UDnBuyd%7Em1gJu1om4vnOpaKNjBl0QUcSbQ6k2%7Ea661LTTSDL5qmpshTsKFJagM7uLD3EdZMPSvce3YTeXdFBVjIxepU-WlQ1N1vlKHDHG5fNpV5VMhkZt60bC8sANAZ3QuRvd7wc7hmp-h54hiGlGIY9Ab9bbWCXbGtSUD26AMbQ8GTd6cfAB4uunSCUNeh4d83kFMGUA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM c4b1b087071877b5b30b49dcc44f4115 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War and Remembrance Subject The topic of the resource As with most communities the cost of war was high. Here we remember the fallen and their stories. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oakridge History Group Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alec Charles Andrews Description An account of the resource Alec Andrews was born in 1894 in Eastcombe and baptised on 10 March 1895 in Eastcombe Chapel. He was the son of Walter Edward Andrews and Eleanor May Curtis. Walter Andrews, who was born in Watford, was a gamekeeper on the Lypiatt Park estate and lived in Bismore, later living in Bournes Green. Alec attended Eastcombe school and enjoyed playing football and cricket, as well as singing in the choir of St Augustine's, later working for Mr Savagar, the head gardener for the Doringtons of Lypiatt.<br /><br /> He enlisted in Stroud in the 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He served as a private and on 25 October 1916 a shell landed in a trench occupied by the 8th Glosters fatally wounding Alec Andrews, he died in an ambulance whilst being transported to a field hospital aged 21. <br /><br />He is buried in the Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension and is remembered on the Eastcombe war memorial. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oakridge History Group Type The nature or genre of the resource Static Image