BORN DRIFFIELD 1892. SON OF JOHN FLEETHAM (1857-1924) AND ALICE HUNTER (1857- ), OF 3, COLENSO AVENUE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL. SON OF A HOUSE CARPENTER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY PORTER.
ENLISTED HARROGATE. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 32/459, 13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED ON 16/06/1917, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, ALICE AND HIS ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER. MISS E. DAVIS, AT 4, ELM AVENUE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (WAR PENSION RECORDS)
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
ALFRED
Military Number:
32/459
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/06/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
3, COLENSO AVENUE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
