Socrates Alverti

Lance Corporal Socrates Alverti was an English-American soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born c. 1889, at Altrincham, the son of Greek-born tailor Jacob and Sarah Theresa Alverti (née Kretchy), of Manchester. His family emigrated to America in 1902, settling in Georgia State. At the time of his enlistment, the younger Alverti was residing in Albany.
Alverti died on 9 January 1917, during the Mesopotamian Campaign, while serving with the 1st Battalion, The Manchester Regiment.
He is buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.
==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Familysearch.org.
*Alverti, S, cwgc.org. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
Category:1889 births
Category:1917 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:American military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:British people of Greek descent
Category:American people of British descent
Category:Buried in Iraq
Category:Lance Corporals