Name
Alfred John Palmer
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/04/1918
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sergeant.
19299
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. IPPOLLITTS (ST. IPPOLYT) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
UK & Other Memorials
St Ippolyts Village Memorial
Roll of Honour, St Ippolyts Church
Pre War
Alfred was born in 1883, in St Ippolyts, Herts. The son of Daniel Palmer a Carpenter and Agnes Palmer (Nee Lumber). He was Baptised on the 9th October 1883, in the Parish of St Ippolyts, Herts. One of six children. The 1891 Census records Alfred aged 7, at school, living with his parents 2 brothers and sister Annie 9, at The Greyhound Inn, St Ippolyts, Herts. The 1901 Census records Alfred aged 17, living at home with his parents 3 brothers and 2 sisters Annie 19, Jane 4, at The Greyhound Inn, London Road, St Ippolyts, Hitchin, Herts. His occupation is given as a Carpenters Apprentice. The 1911 Census records Alfred 27, single living at home with his widowed mother, 2 brothers Herbert 25, George 16 and sister Janet 14, at The Greyhound P.H. London Road, St Ippolyts, Hitchin, Herts. His occupation is given as a General Carpenter.
Wartime Service
Alfred enlisted in Bedford. He was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. With the service number 19299. He Landed in France on the 17th August 1915. Alfred died of his wound at home on the 23rd April 1918, He was buried in St Ippolyts Churchyard, St Ippolyts, Herts. On the 26th April 1918.
Additional Information
Alfred enlisted in Bedford with his younger brother Herbert, both were posted to the 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, Alfred with the service number 19299 and Herbert with the service number 19297. Herbert survived the war. He died in 1954 aged 68.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Stuart Osborne
