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Surname: SUTCLIFFE
Forename(s): Alfred
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Service No: 826582
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 'D' Battery 298th Brigade
Division: ---
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1918-04-18
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. E. 6.
CWGC Cemetery: ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Alfred Sutcliffe was the son of Robert B. and Ellen Sutcliffe, née Waterworth. Both parents were born at Barnoldswick, Yorkshire.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Beech Crescent - Arthur Sutcliffe, aged 8 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Robert and Ellen Sutcliffe.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 57, Park Road - Alfred Sutcliffe, aged 18 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Robert B. and Ellen Sutcliffe.
Alfred was married to Mary Waddington in 1914.
The British Army Service Record for Alfred Sutcliffe exists but may be incomplete.
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:
SUTCLIFFE, Gunner Alfred, aged 28 years, R.F.A., 68, Park Road, [Barnoldswick], killed in action.
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Gunner Alfred SUTCLIFFE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
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03 May 1918
Gunner Alfred Sutcliffe, Barnoldswick
Gunner Alfred Sutcliffe, R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sutcliffe, 57 Park Road, has been killed in France. He was 28 years of age, and leaves a widow and one child living at 68 Park Road. Formerly employed by the Craven Manufacturing Co., Butts Mill, he had been at the front 15 months, and had four brothers serving.
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03 May 1918
SUTCLIFFE – Killed in France, Gunner Alfred Sutcliffe, of the R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Sutcliffe, of 57, Park Road, Barnoldswick, and husband of Mrs. Sutcliffe, of 68, Park Road, Barnoldswick, aged 28.
03 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Gunner A. Sutcliffe Killed
Gunner Alfred Sutcliffe, R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sutcliffe. 57, Park Road, Barnoldswick, has been killed in France. He was 28 years of age and leaves a wife and one child living at 68, Park Road. He was formerly employed by the Craven Manufacturing Co., Butts Mill. He had been at the front 15 months, and had four brothers serving.
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