South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War in Which Died | WW1 Campaign Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France & Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Aire Communal Cemetery |
| First Arrived in a War Theatre | Bravery & Conduct Medals | Warwickshire War Memorials |
| After 1 January 1916 in France | ~ | Leamington No Known Memorial |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Died | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Local actions on the Somme | August 1915 in Woolwich | St Judes Parishioners and School |
| Southern Grammar School | ||
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | RAOC Great War Memorial |
| 39th Stationary Hospital, Aire | ~ | |
Circumstances of Death
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Alfred is listed as dying of wounds on 2nd July 1917 at the 39 Stationary Hospital which used Aire Communal Cemetery for burials. The 39th Stationary Hospital war diary for the 2nd July 1917 is transcribed below and explains that Alfred died of wounds received during an enemy bombing raid. Aire - 2 Jul 1917: D.W.S. (Surgeon General Pike) sent letter informing he was leaving and thanking us for the work we had done. Air raid at 1030 over Munition Dump at Berguette - sent ambulance under Captain J S Stewart RAMC. Two cases brought in dead - also two serious abdominal cases and also three more head? [wound] cases. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Apr-Jun Qtr 1881 in Portsea, Hants | 19 Jun 1881 at Portsea, St Marks |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Benjamin and Mary Jane Stilwell | 5 Acacia Road, Leamington Spa |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Higher Grade School, Victoria Road, Portsmouth | Portsmouth Municipal Technical Institute (1904) |
| St. Jude's School and Southern Grammar School | |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1881 - Lower Hawshaw Road, Portsmouth | 1891 - Scholaralfred peri |
| 1891 - 48 Kingsley Terrace, Elswick, Northumberland | 1901 - Pupil School Teacher at Bramble Road School |
| 1901 - 126 Jessie Road, Southsea | 1911 - Assistant Schoolmaster with Portsmouth BC |
| 1911 - 10 Bristol Road, Southsea | 1915 - Schoolmaster in Portsmouth |
| 1917 - 5 Acacia Road, Leamington Spa | |
- Obtained Teacher's Certificate in 1903 at St. John's Training College, Battersea.
- Taught at Milton, Penhale Road and New Road Elementary Schools in Portsmouth
