Military History

Theatre

Action/Battle/Other

Local actions near Arras

Place of Death

SE of Arras

 

Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

September 1914 at Warwick

Other Information/Previous Regiments/Units

Entered France on 29 Nov 1914

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The battalion were in trenches SE of Arras and they and their Bridgade were tasked with preventing the enemy from withdrawing troops from front lines positions so that they could be moved elsewhere - this was 4 days before the start of the Battle of the Somme. On the day Alfred was killed the enemy had been attacked with gas shells which the enemy replied to with an artillery barrage that killed 5 men including Alfred. The war diary does not give specific locations but the diary of the 9tn Bn Rifle Brigade whom they had relieved in the trenches gives some points detailed on the map below.

Area Map	Agny Military Cemetery

Birth Date & Place

Baptism Date & Place

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Parents

Henry William and Annie Crump of Chesteron Green

Wife & Marriage

Children

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Occupation(s)

• 1901 - Domestic Servant
• 1911 - Waggoner on farm

Schools & Colleges

 

Address History

• 1891 - Jaywell Cottage, Droitwich
• 1901 - Walmer Farm, Hanbury, Worcs
• 1911 - Chesterton
• 1916 - Chesterton Green

Other Information

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