Name
Alfred Gentle
1892
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/11/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
55126
Royal Field Artillery
'A' Battery, 104th Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 1 A and 8 A.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock
Pre War
Alfred Gentle was born in 1892 in Baldock, Herts, the son of Joseph and Mary Ann Gentle (nee Emery) and one of three children. He was baptised on 7 May 1893 in Baldock.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Royston Road, Bygrave, Baldock, where his father was working as a general labourer. They remained there in 1911, at which time Alfred was working as a butcher's assistant.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Woolwich and served as a gunner with the Royal Field Artillery, A Battery, 104th Brigade in France from 27 August 1915.
Alfred was killed in action on 17 November 1916 but has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Additional Information
His sister Alice was his sole legatee and received a war gratuity of £8 10s and pay owing of £9 14s 9d. She lived at 5 Mansfield Road, Luton, Beds. Although pension cards exist, they suggest a pension was not payable, but gratuity payment was made, although no details are given.
Brother to Arthur Gentle who served with the Bedfordshire Regiment and died in 1916 and who is buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
