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Alexander Sneddon served in France with the 16th Battalion H.L.I. from 23 November 1915 and was killed in action on 1 July 1916. Having made their attack on the Leipzig Salient, their first objective being the Wonderwerk and the last being Mouquet Quarry at 07.30hrs, within 10 minutes they had lost half their number with survivors clinging to shell holes for cover. By the end of the action, the battalion's casualties totalled 554 killed, wounded and missing.
Sneddon was one of those casualties and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial.
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