BORN HULL, 1899. SON OF GEORGE HENRY AND JANE ANN CLARKE, OF SOUTHGATE, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5165, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 330972, THE 2ND ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHAN REGIMENT). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/06/1918, AGED 19.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, ARTHUR, FREDERICK AND LILY.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
HIS BURIED IN FRANCE AT SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN DEARLY LOVED & SADLY MISSED”.
First name:
ALFRED HENRY
Military Number:
330972
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/06/1918
Place died:
Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
