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Surname: GUNN
Forename(s): Alfred Edward
Place of Birth: Forton, Lancashire
Service No: 27807
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 1st Battalion
Division: 4th Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1918-06-08
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: D. 17.
CWGC Cemetery: GONNEHEM BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: LOWGILL, LANCASHIRE
Additional Information:
Alfred Edward Gunn was the son of Alfred and Jane Gunn, née Simpson. Alfred, senior, was born at Stratfod upon Avon, Warwickshire and Jane at Pilling, Lancashire.
1901 Scotforth, Lancashire Census: Bailrigg - Alfred Gunn, aged 8 years, born Fleetwood, Lancashire, son of Alfred and Jane Gunn.
1911 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Seal Style Farm, Mewith - Alfred Gunn, aged 18 years, born Forton, Lancashire. [Alfred was employed by William Halstead Townley, Farmer.]
The British Army Service Record for Alfred Edward Gunn exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Alfred E. Gunn, 27807, R. Lanc. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Alfred Edward Gunn, 27807, 11 R. Lan. R.; 1 R. Lan. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Alfred Edward Gunn, 27807, 1st Royal Lancaster. Date and Place of Death: 8.6.18 in Action. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Alfred. £25 8s. 10d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Alfred. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mr Alfred Gunn. Relationship: Father. Address: Balshaw, Tatham Fells, Bentham.
A short biography of Alfred is included in: ‘Bentham’s Part in the Great War 1914-18’ by Allan and Marilyn Hartley (2019).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
GUNN, Gunner Alfred, Balshaw, Tatham Fells, killed in action June 8, 1918.
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Private Alfred Edward GUNN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Division
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Gonnehem British Cemetery
Courtesy of Allan Hartley, High Bentham
Gonnehem British Cemetery
CWGC Headstone
Courtesy of Allan Hartley, High Bentham
The High & Low Bentham men who gave their lives
Top row (l-r): Rfn Ernest Knight Newhouse, Pte John Thornber, Reverend Theodore Bayley Hardy, Pte Richard Wilson, Pte Maurice Richard Bolton, Lieut John Barclay Clibborn, Pte William Throup, Pte Richard Wilcock Carr, A/Cpl William Robinson, Pte James Auton, Pte William Savage. Third row (l-r): L/Cpl David Percival Dixon, Pte John Emmott, Pte Francis Richard Townson, Pte John Adamthwaite, Pte Robert Carter, L/Cpl John Hutchinson, Pte Alfred Edward Gunn, Pte Ezra Stephenson, Pte Edwin Rawlinson Smith, Pte Richard Wearing, Lieut Basil William Ramsbotton. Third row (l-r): Spr Robert Clark, Act L/Cpl Thomas Wilcock, Cpl William Carr, Pte Lawrence Lancelot Dowbiggin, Pte Edward Magoolagan, Pte Isaac Rucastle, Pte Henry Taylor, Cpl Edward Ramskill, L/Cpl Edward Walton Briscoe, Pte Joseph Jackson, Gnr Ernest Wilcock. Fourth row (l-r): Capt Donald Morrison, Sgt Arthur Dean Blackburn, Pte James William Bell, Pte Leonard Nelson, L/Cpl John Edward Leeming, L/Cpl Albert Lister, Pte Percy Preston Whitfield, Cpl Tom Harry Smith, Cpl Thomas Walker Sanderson, Sgt William Patrick Tobin, Pte (Signaller) W. Wilkinson.
Courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup
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28 June 1918
Lewis Gunner Alfred Gunn, Bentham
Gunner Alfred Gunn, of Bentham, was killed in action on the 8th June last, and the sad news reached his father, Mr. Alfred Gunn, of Balshaw, Tatham Fells, on Saturday last. The deceased soldier joined the ‘Duke’s’ about two years ago, and was in training about twelve weeks, after which he was transferred to the Lewis Gun Section and sent over to France, so that he has been about one year and eight months in France and Flanders. His only other brother is a Sergeant-Major in the Royal Scots. Both are wel1 known in the Bentham District, and much sympathy is expressed for the bereaved parents in their loss.
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05 July 1918
GUNN – Killed in action June 8th, Lewis Gunner Alfred Gunn, of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gunn, Bolshaw, Tatham Fells, Bentham.
05 July 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR – Lewis Gunner Alfred Gunn Killed
Gunner Alfred Gunn, son of Mr. Alfred Gunn, of Bolshaw, Tatham Fells, Bentham, was killed in action on June 8th. The deceased soldier joined up with the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment about two years ago, and was in training about 12 weeks, after which he was transferred to the Lewis Gun Section and sent over to France, so that he has been about one year and eight months in France and Flanders. His only brother is a sergeant major in the Royal Scots. Both are well known in the Bentham district, and much sympathy is expressed for the bereaved parents in their loss.
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