Name
Alfred Chamberlain
29 April 1876
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/11/1916
40
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
201983
Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own)
4th Bn. (also called The Green Howards)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 3A
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
St Katherine’s Church Memorial, Ickleford
Pre War
Alfred Chamberlain was born in Ickleford, Herts on 29 April 1876, the son of William and Eliza Chamberlain, and baptised at St Katherine's, Ickleford on 4 June 1876.
On the 1881 Census the family were living in Ickleford where his father was working as a Shoe Maker. His mother was working with him as a Shoe Closer. At that time Alfred was one of six children. By the 1891 Census, Alfred, aged 14, was recorded living with his grandfather Richard Chamberlain also in Ickleford and working as an Agricultural Labourer. In 1901 he was back with his parents who remained in Ickleford and was then working as a Railway Navvy.
He later lived in Hull, Yorks.
Wartime Service
Alfred enlisted in Northallerton, Yorks and joined the Yorkshire Regiment, serving in France with the 1st/5th and later the 4th battalion, initially under Reg. No. 5521.
He was killed in action and death was presumed on or since 11 November 1916. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Additional Information
Sole legatee was Lucy A Hodgkinson who was granted a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £4 8s 7d. (She was born and lived in Hull).
His father claimed a dependant's pension in 1920 but there is no indication if his claim was successful.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Brenda Palmer
