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Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Corporal Alfred Lee Hale.    Born on the 13^th January 1883 in St Pancras, London, the son of Joseph and Ellen Hale. His father was a Cab Driver. He was admitted to the Camden Street School, 29 Camden Street, London, N.W.1. on the 18^th October 1886 and the family were living at this time at 4 King’s Place, Camden. On the 13^th October 1890 he was transferred to the King Street School and the family were by then living at 11 King’s Place, Camden. In December 1911 he was appointed as a Postman in north west London and transferred to the London Western District Office in July 1912. On the outbreak of war he joined the 4^th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, service number L/8844, and entered France on the 14^th August 1914. He was Killed in Action nine days later on the 23^rd August 1914, aged 31 years, and is buried in Grave III.A.18 at the St Symphorien Military Cemetery, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. He was posthumously awarded the 1914 Star and Clasp, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.