Name
Alfred John King
1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/10/1916
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
36372
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
6th Bn. & previously Hertfordshire Regiment.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CODICOTE (ST. GILES) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
REST IN THE LORD WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM
UK & Other Memorials
Ayot St Peter Memorial, Roll of Honour, St Peter's Church, Ayot St Peter, Church Roll of Honour St Giles Church, Codicote, Codicote Village Memorial, Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Alfred John King was born in Arlesey, Beds in 1894 the son of William and Mary King.
On the 1901 Census the family were living in the Old Yard, Arlesley where his father was a horse keeper on a farm. By 1911 they had moved to Ayot Green, Welwyn and Alfred was working as a houseboy.
His parents later lived at High Street, Welwyn and 32 London Road, Welwyn.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Hertford in December 1914 and initially served in the Hertfordshire Regiment under reg. no. 4195, later transferring to the Royal Berkshire Regiment. After his training he served at the Regimental Depot.
The National Roll of the Great War states that he was sent to the Western Front in July 1916 and died from wounds received at Thiepval, however other sources suggest he spent his service 'at home' in the UK.
He died on 14 October 1916 at the Military Hospital in East Dulwich from pneumonia and is buried at Codicote (St Giles)Churchyard.
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs M J King of 32 London Road, Welwyn, Herts. ordered his headstone inscription: "REST IN THE LORD WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM" Service number is given as 30372 in some databases. His parents received a war gratuity of £8 10s and his pay owing of £4 2s 8d. His father received a pension of 5 shillings a week from 16 November 1917. N.B. On the 1911 Census James Wigmore was a Boarder with the King family. He died in 1917 and is also named on the Ayot St Peter Memorial.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
June Colegrove, www.ayotstpeter.com
