Corporal A/203058 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 9 September 1916 aged 23
Remembered on Ash War Memorial
Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme
Remembered on the Memorial to the Men of Ash Vale in St Mary’s Church

Alexander Perry was born in Ash and baptised at St Mary’s Church 14 June 1893, and his father was Thomas Perry, a labourer.

The 1901 census records that Alec was 7 years old and lived in Ash Vale with his mother Sarah, a widow and a laundress, and his brother Charles Perry aged 18, who was a labourer at the balloon factory. Mrs Perry's occupation, listed in Kelly's Directory of Surrey, was a shirt and collar dresser. The 1911 census records that Alec was a “dyer’s finisher” living in Yorkshire.

Soldiers Died records that Alec enlisted at St Pancras and that he had formerly been S/15298. A form was completed for the Ash War Memorial committee said that he had served for 8 months. The Surrey and Hants News 28 September 1916 reported that Alec had gone to France 15 July, and that on the day he had died, the family cat, to which he was very attached, had suddenly expired.

Mrs Sarah Perry is recorded as living in 4 Argrave Villas, Vale Road, Ash Vale in the 1918 electoral register.