BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN HENRY & ANNIE E STEELS, OF 8 ELDERADO AVENUE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL.
HE WORKED FOR EARLES SHIP YARD AND WAS WELL KNOWN IN FOOTBALL CIRCLES.
HUSBAND OF SARAH ANN STEELS, OF 1, ANNIE TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR DAUGHTERS, ELLEN, SARAH ANN, ETHEL AND ROSE.
HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2813 EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KOYLI. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/09/1916, AGED 27.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 13TH DECEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.
HIS TWO BROTHERS SERVED IN THE NAVY.
NB: HERBERT STEELS, KRRC , LIVED AT 55 CHILTERN STREET, HULL
First name:
ALFRED
Military Number:
34816
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
27
