Name
Alfred Field
19 August 1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/04/1917
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
884596
Royal Field Artillery
"D" Battery, 23rd Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
C. 7.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock
Pre War
Alfred Field was born in Baldock on 19 August 1894, the son of Albert and Lydia Field (nee Langham), and one of ten children, although one died in infancy . He was baptised on 16 September 1904 at Baldock.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Norton Road, Baldock, where his father was working as a farm labourer. They remained there in 1911 at which time his father was working as a farm labourer and 16 year old Alfred was a brewery labourer.
His parents later lived at 32 Cemetery Road, Baldock, Herts.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Hertford and joined the Bedfordshire Regiment on 6 January 1913 at the age of 17, later transferring to the Royal Field Artillery and being posted to France in September 1916.
Alfred was killed in action on 14 April 1917, aged 24, and is buried with five fellow members of D Battery, 23rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, at Athies Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £8 and pay owing of £5 5s 1d, She also received a pension of 7s 2d a week.
Brother to Bertie Field who served with the Norfolk Regiment and died from tuberculosis in 1916.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners, Brenda Palmer
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
