Private 35116 Alfred French
Regiment/Unit: Manchester Regiment - 18th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 36
Date of death: 23rd of April 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Rigby Street, St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Cuckoo Passage Cemetery Heninel - A. 44.
Family details:
Mother & Sole Legatee: Margaret.
Census details:
1891 - 9 years old schoolboy Alfred is living at 14 Rigby Street, St Helens with parents William (36), Margaret (37) and five siblings: James (16), Thomas (12), Arthur (7), Annie J (5), Mary (2). 1901 - 19 years old 'Glass Cutters Apprentice' Alfred is living at 95 Rigby Street, St Helens with parents William (46), Margaret (47) and eight siblings: James (26), Thomas (22), Arthur (17), Annie Jane (15), Mary (12), William Joseph (10), Bessie (7), [cas=1906]Harold French[/cas] (4). 1911 - Sees 30 years old 'Glass Cutter' Alfred boarding at 13 St Saviour Street, Manchester which is the home of Alice Taylor (27).
Notes:
[note=184]Two French Brother who died in The Great War.[/note] Age taken from census.
[note=184]Two French Brother who died in The Great War.[/note] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/35116AlfredFrench.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/FrenchAlf.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/35116AlfredFrench.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Alfred French at Cuckoo Passage Cemetery, Heninel
(Photograph Courtesy of [url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1966751]Find A Grave[/url])[/caption]
