BORN HULL 27/03/1890. SON OF JOHN ROBERT & SELINA JOY, OF 57 , SPENCER STREET, HULL. A HULL CORPORATION WORKER. HE WAS GROOM TO LIEUTENAT COLONEL EASTON. SERVED AS A GRENADIER IN “E”PLATOON, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED 5 DAYS BEFORE HIS 26TH BIRTHDAY. HE WAS KILLED WHEN A GRENADE IN THE HANDS OF ANOTHER PLATOON MAN EXPLODED ACCIDENTALLY. HE DIED ON 22/03/1916, AGED 25.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SPENCER STREET MEMORIAL – 1/12/16.
First name:
ALFRED
Military Number:
2299
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/03/1916
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
25
