About Alexander Malins Lafone
Lived 1870 – 1917 (aged 47). Alexander Malins Lafone was a British military personnel.
Major Alexander Malins Lafone, VC (19 August 1870 – 27 October 1917) was an English British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Background Lafone was educated at Dulwich College. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Middlesex Yeomanry (Duke of Cambridge's Hussars) on 14 August 1901, fought in the Second Boer War in various regiments, and was invalided in 1901. He was promoted to lieutenant on 27 September 1902. He then stayed on in Africa working for the Colonial Office as an Assistant Resident in Northern Nigeria. Recurrent attacks of fever forced him back to England where he worked and kept up his connections with the Army.
Victoria Cross
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Who was Alexander Malins Lafone?
recipient of the Victoria Cross
When was Alexander Malins Lafone born?
Alexander Malins Lafone was born on 19 August 1870 in Liverpool.
When did Alexander Malins Lafone die?
Alexander Malins Lafone died on 27 October 1917 in Palestine.
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Alexander Malins Lafone was a military personnel.
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Alexander Malins Lafone was British.
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