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Surname: TRAYFORD
Forename(s): Alfred James
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Service No: 195508
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Labour Corps
Battalion / Unit: 947th Area Employment Coy
Division: ---
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1918-11-12
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: E. 3.
CWGC Cemetery: BREBIERES BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Alfred James Trayford was the son of Alfred James and Elizabeth Ann Trayford, née Tomlinson. Alfred, senior, was born at Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire and Elizabeth at Airton, Yorkshire. Alfred, junior, was the cousin of Private Edward (Edgar) Smith (12132) (q.v.). The aunt of Alfred, junior, Mary Ann Trayford, became the second wife of Arthur Waddicor the father of Private Thomas Arthur Waddicor (24154) (q.v.).
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Raikes - Alfred J. Trayford, aged 9 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Alfred J. and Elizabeth A. Trayford.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 48, Essex Street - Alfred James Trayford, aged 19 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Alfred James and Elizabeth Ann Trayford.
Alfred was married to Rose Ellen Hardacre in 1912.
The British Army Service Record for Alfred James Trayford exists but may be incomplete.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte James Alfred Trayford, 195508, 947 A.E. Coy. Lab Corps. Date and Place of Death: 12.11.18. 23rd C.C.S. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Rose Ellen. £11 16s. 0d.
A short biography of Alfred is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
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:
TRAYFORD, Alfred James, aged 26 years, 37, Bracewell Street, [Barnoldswick], died from pneumonia, France, Nov. 12, 1918.
TRAYFORD, Alfred James, 37, Bracewell Street, [Barnoldswick], died from pneumonia Nov. 12, 1918.
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Private Alfred James TRAYFORD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Labour Corps
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22 November 1918
BARNOLDSWICK – Private Alfred James Trayford
Private Alfred James Trayford, who died from pneumonia in France on the 12th inst., was 26 years of age and leaves a wife and two children living at 37 Bracewell Street, Barnoldswick. After being several times rejected he was passed by the Medical Board and had served 16 months in France, whence he came home on leave in September last. He was formerly a weaver at Mr. T. Nutter’s, Calf Hall Shed.
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22 November 1918
Barnoldswick Soldier’s Death in France
Pte. Alfred James Trayford, who died from pneumonia in France on the 12th inst., was 26 years of age, and leaves a wife and two children, living at 37, Bracewell Street, Barnoldswick. After being several times rejected he was passed by the Medical Board, and had served 16 months in France when he came home on leave in September last. He was formerly a weaver at Mr. T. Nutter’s, Calf Hall Shed.
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