BORN HULL 1854. SON OF JOHN AND EMMA GRAY. HE ENLISTED IN 1879 AND WAS AN ARMY PENSIONER AND TIME KEEPER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED AT WALTHAMSTOW. SERVED WITH THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT DEPOT AS A COLOUR SERGEANT. DIED OF DISEASE, WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE, AT GRISBY MILITARY HOSPITAL ON 13/05/1917. HE LEFT £250 IN HIS WILL TO HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, EMILY MARIA WATTS, AND DAUGHTER, MARY, AT 52 ELEPHINSTONE ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY WAR MEMORIAL, KEPT AT THE FAKENHAM GAS WORKS MUSEUM, NORFOLK.
First name:
ALFRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
9396
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Date Died
13/05/1917
Place died:
Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery, Lincolnshire, UK
Age:
63
