Name
Alfred H Dwight
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/09/1917
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
202817
Essex Regiment
11th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
XXV. O. 10A.
France
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Northchurch Village Memorial, St Mary’s Church Window, Northchurch, St Peters Church, Berkhamsted, Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Alfred Henry was born in Northchurch in 1895, the youngest son of William Dwight and Mary Halsey, He had 2 older brothers and an older sister.
By 1911 he was living with his Father (his mother had died in 1901) at his brother-in-laws home in Berkhamsted and working as an Errand Boy.
He was formerly employed as a teacher at Gossoms End Sunday School.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in the Hertfordshire Regiment as Private 266960 later transferring to 11th battalion Essex regiment as Private 202817.
He was wounded 30 Aug 1917 and died on 4 Sep 1917 at Etaples Military Hospital.
Additional Information
War gratuity £8 and Arrears of £4 19s 5d paid to father William
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild, www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/first-world-war-database
