Name
Alfred Field
19 Aug 1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/04/1917
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
884596
Royal Field Artillery
"D" Battery, 23rd Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
C. 7.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock
Pre War
Alfred was born in Baldock on 19 August 1894. He enlisted in Hertford on the 6 January 1913 at the age of 17. He enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment but later transferred to the Royal Field Artillery. He was posted to France in September 1916.
Wartime Service
He was possibly killed during action at the Vimy Ridge.
Additional Information
Son of Albert and Lydia Field, of 32, Cemetery Rd., Baldock, Herts who lost their youngest son the year before Alfred's death through illness at Cambridge hospital. They had one other son serving.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
