BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF EDITH EMMA BARKER (1863-1930) & RICHARD JAMES THOMAS, OF 62, ALEXANDRA RAOD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 136, ELLA STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF THE POST OFFICE ASSISTANT SUPERINDENDENT. HE HAD SEVEN SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1915, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, ST JOHNS, NEWLAND, HULL.
First name:
ALFRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
2371
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
