Sherwood, Alfred Booth

BORN DRIFFIELD, YORKSHIRE, 1896. SON OF RICHARD SHERWOOD. LIVED WITH UNCLE WILLIAM ROBERT BOOTH & AUNTIE CHARLOTTE BOOTH, AT 6 MINNIE’S GROVE, MAYFIELD STREET, HULL. AN APPRENTICE COACH PAINTER. he ENLISTED IN DRIFFIELD. SERVED IN THE CAVALRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/09/1914, AGED 18.

HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHERS, RICHARD, JOHN AND WILLIAM, SISTERS, ANNIE AND CHARLOTTE ANN DALE, AND SISTER IN LAW, KATE E. GREY.

HE IS BURIED AT LONGUEVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE.VE INSCRIPTION, READS, “YOU CHOSE THE WAY, GOD DID THE REST. FROM BROTHER JACK”


First name:
ALFRED BOOTH
Military Number:
4527
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/09/1914
Place died:
LONGUEVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE
Age:
18
6 MINNIES GROVE, MAYFIELD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK