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I, Herbert Hutchison of 225 Spamount Street, Belfast in the county of the city of Belfast do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: (1) That on the 12th day of September 1915, I was present when my brother Private A Hutchison, 109th Brigade, Machine Gun Corps, now deceased, had a conversation with my mother. (2) That I heard my brother say to my mother ‘I have made a will leaving everything to you in the event of my death.’ (3) On several other occasions my brother had informed me that he had made a will leaving all to my mother. (4) There were no other persons present on any of the occasions hereinbefore mentioned. I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing same to be true by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835. Herbert Hutchinson. Signed and declared before me this 5th day of December 1916. Witnessed by Samuel Cochrane, Clergyman and Sinclair Hawkins of Belfast |
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Last Will and Testament of Private Alexander Hutchison |
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The CWGC record Private Alexander Hutchison as the son of Mrs Elizabeth Hutchison, of 225 Spamount Street, Belfast. |
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Private Hutchison has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. |
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Private Alexander Hutchison was serving with the 109th Company of the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on Saturday 1st July 1916. He was 27 years old. |
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Private Hutchison had served with the Royal Irish Rifles. |
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Alexander Hutchison signed the Ulster Covenant in Belfast along with two brothers, Thomas and Herbert. They gave their address as 223 Spamount Street. |
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The 1911 census lists Alexander as age 21 living with the family at house 78 in Spamount Street, Belfast. His father had died. Alexander was a Ship Yard Labourer. |
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The 1901 census lists Alexander as age 10, living with the family at house 39 in Coagh Street, Cookstown, County Tyrone. His father was a hairdresser. |
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Family: William Hutchison, Elizabeth Hutchison, Margaret Hutchison (born 1st November 1878, Cookstown), William Hutchison (born 26th April 1881, Magherafelt), Robert Hutchison (born 5th February 1884, Magherafelt), Thomas Hutchison (born 5th June 1885, Magherafelt), Isaac Hutchison (born 25th January 1887, Magherafelt), Sarah Hutchison (born 22nd June 1888, Magherafelt), Alexander Hutchison (born 11th November 1889, Magherafelt), Herbert Hutchison (born 3rd January 1895, Cookstown). |
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Alexander Hutchison was born in Magherafelt on 11th November 1889. |
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Alexander Hutchison was a son of William and Elizabeth Hutchison. William Hutchison married Elizabeth Stewart on 14th November 1872 in Cookstown |
