BORN NEWCASTLE, 1892. SON OF FREDERICK & JANE DODSWORTH, OF 248, WILCOLMLEE. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, AND SIX SISTERS.
A MARRIED MAN. WIFE, FANNY DODSWORTH & 2 CHILDREN, WINIFRED, (BORN 23/06/1915) AND ALFRED (BORN 09/03/1917). THEY LIVED AT 14, CORAL GROVE, GRANGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS), AND 4, FLORENCE AVENUE, GRANGE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). AN EXPORTS GOOD PACKER FOR RECKITT’S.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 31/05/1915, AGED 24. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST. SERVED AS AIRCRAFT GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, ON THE HOME FRONT, FOR 3 YEARS AND 81 DAYS. DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 28/10/1918, AGED 27. HE IS BURIED AT HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE RECKITT’S WW1 BOYS CLUB ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL.
First name:
ALFRED
Military Number:
118602
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
28/10/1918
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
27
14, CORAL GROVE, GRANGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
