BORN HULL 22/08/1893. SON OF JONAS BAILEY EARBY (1862-1917) AND ELIZA JANE SWANN (1861-1896). A SERVANT IN EAST HALTON, GRIMSBY IN 1911 CENSUS. HE WAS LIVING IN MANCHESTER WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED. ENLISTED IN MANCHESTER. JOINED THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM 24/08/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 09/12/1915, AGED 22.
BURIED AT ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION.
UNMARRIED HE LEFT SISTERS ELIZA JANE, EMILY ELIZABETH, GERTRUDE LOUISE, AND BROTHERS,THOMAS WILLIAM AND FREDERICK HERBERT EARBY.
HIS WAR GRATUITY WAS CLAIMED BY HIS SISTER, MRS HABERSHAW, AT 1, FERN DALE, LAMBERT STREET, HULL
NOTE: EARBY FAMILY LIVING AT 27 FLEET STREET, HULL.
First name:
ALFRED
Military Number:
56855
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
09/12/1915
Place died:
Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, Nord, France
Age:
22
, GRIMSBY, , NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
