BORN HULL 05/01/1893. ELDEST SON OF HERBERT ALTOFT (1865-1923)& EMILY MARY LAWRENCE (1863-1936), OF 81, ROSAMOND STREET, HULL. SON OF A MARINE ENGINEER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, HAROLD AND ONE SISTER, MABEL ISABELL ALTOFT (1889-1974). HE WORKED HIMSELF AT EARLES SHIP BUILDING YARD.
ENLISTED AS PRIVATE, 32911, IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, IN HULL, IN SEPTEMBER 1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 12/11/1914. COMMISSIONED INTO THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 25/04/1917. RETURNED TO FRANCE, ON 24/06/1917. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 17/07/1917, AGED 24. HE WAS UNMARRIED.
BURIED AT ZILLBEKE CEMETERY, YPRES. HIS CWGC GARVE LISTS HIM AS G.A. ALTOFT.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, HAROLD ALTOFT, 12TH EYR, HAD BEEN KILLED, AT SERRE ON 13/11/1916, AGED 19.
THEY ARE RECORDED TOGETHER IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 3, PAGE 5.
