Name
Alfred William Mynott
5 June 1896
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/04/1918
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
15598
Bedfordshire Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
VI. B. 1.
France
Headstone Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY MOTHER
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Kimpton memorials(*1), Shingay cum Wendy War Memorial, Cambs
Pre War
Alfred William Mynott was born on 5 June 1896 in Thriplow, Cambridgeshire*1, the son of Walter and Annie Mynott and one of fourteen children, although four died in infancy.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at The Heath, Thriplow, Royston, Herts where his father was working as an agricultural labourer. They remained in Thriplow in 1911 at which time Alfred was a labourer on a farm.
His mother's address on pension records was South Farm, Shingay, Royston, Cambs.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Royston, Herts. while living in Shingay and joined the Bedfordshire Regiment, serving with the 7th Battalion in France from 30 August 1915.
He was killed in action on 2 April 1918, aged 22 when the Battalion were situated near Gentelles, France. According to the war diary, they were shelled occasionally during the day and carried out an attack in the evening in conjunction with the Royal Fusiliers, but owing to the overwhelming superiority of enemy artillery and machine gun fire they were ordered to withdraw. Three men were killed, 52 wounded and 4 missing.
Alfred was one of those killed and he is buried in Bouchoir New British Cemetery, France.
Additional Information
*1 SDITGW records the burth palce at Kimpton.
His mother, Mrs A Mynott, received a war gratuity of £16 10s and pay owing of £20 9s 5d. Pension cards exist but give no indication if a pension was granted, She ordered his headstone inscription while living at The Heath, Thriplow, Royston, Herts
His brother Henry John (Jack) Mynott served with the Royal Sussex Regiment and survived the war.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Adrian Pitts, www.bedfordregiment.org.uk
