BORN PRESTON, HULL 1880. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ANN CLARKSON, KIRKHOLME COTTAGE, PRESTON, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED IN THE NAVY AND WAS BOARDED IN BROUGH (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IAT BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 5TH & 6TH BATTALION OF NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE SOMME, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 36. HE LEFT £306 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE CLARKSON AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S CITY ENGINEERS MEMORIAL.
HE IS BURIED AT DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, ON THE SOMME. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “TO MEMORY DEAR”.
First name:
ALFRED
Military Number:
8036
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/09/1916
Place died:
Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France
Age:
36
KIRKHOLME COTTAGES, PRESTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
