Private D C Alley Memorial

Private David Clifford Alley,
DOD 26Sep16 Age 22

1st Battalion Auckland regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own)

Grave - unknown on memorial wall

DC Alley died during the Battle of Morval during the Somme
Caterpillar Valley was the name given by the army to the long valley which runs West to East, past "Caterpillar Wood", to the high ground at Guillemont. Longueval village is on the Northern crest of this valley and 500 metres West of the village, on the South side of the road to Contalmaison, is Caterpillar Valley Cemetery.Read more