Alfred CRESSWELL

Main CPGW Record

Surname: CRESSWELL

Forename(s): Alfred

Place of Birth: Addingham, Yorkshire

Service No: 40164

Rank: L/Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion

Division: 34th Division

Age: 23

Date of Death: 1918-07-23

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IIIA. E. 6.

CWGC Cemetery: RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Alfred Cresswell was the son of James William and Mary Jane Cresswell, née Smith. James was born at Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire and Mary at Addingham, Yorkshire.

1901 Hunslet, Yorkshire Census: 4, Belmont Crescent - Alfred Cresswell, aged 6 years, born Addingham, Yorkshire, son of James W. and Mary J. Creswell.

1911 Morecambe, Lancashire Census: 26, Ashton Road - Alfred Cresswell, aged 16 years, born Addingham, Yorkshire, son of James William and Mary Jane Cresswell.

The British Army Service Record for Alfred Cresswell exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Alfred Creswell [sic], 62483, R. W. Fus.; 40164, L. N. Lan. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Alfred Creswell [sic], 62483, 6 R.W. Fus.; 40164. 2 L. Lan. R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte (L/Cpl) Alfred Cresswell, 40164, 2 L. N. Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 23.7.18. France. K. in A. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - James. £0 1s. 4d. Void.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte (L/Cpl unpaid) Alfred Cresswell, 40164, 2 Loy. Nth. Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 23.7.18 in Action. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - James W. £26 6s. 3d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Alfred not found.

Alfred is commemorated on Morecambe & Heysham Cenotaph.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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