Name
Alfred Joseph Whitworth
1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/06/1915
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/7804
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 49 and 51.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Kimpton Village Memorial, St Peter & St Paul Church, Kimpton
Pre War
Alfred Joseph Whitworth was born in 1894 in Dinton, Buckinghamshire, the son of Clement and Elizabeth Whitworth and one of nine children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at the School House, High Street, Kimpton, Hertfordshire, where his father was the Schoolmaster and his mother was the Assistant School Mistress.
His mother remained living at the School House, Kimpton in 1911, where she was the Elementary School Teacher, with sisters Ethel and Margaret, and brothers Herbert and Thomas. Meanwhile, his father was an Elementary School Teacher, living at 21 Court Road, Luton, Beds with sister Mabel and brothers Reginald and Bertram. Alfred was then working as a Baker's Boy.
His father died in late 1918. His mother later lived at 11 Alfred Street, Luton.
Wartime Service
Alfred enlisted in London and joined the 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment, serving in France from 27 April 1915.
He was killed in action on 6 October 1915 and has no known grave. His name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Additional Information
His father received pay owing of £4 1s 7d. A war gratuity of £3 was divided between his mother, brother Reginald and sister Ethel.
Pension cards exist in respect of Alfred and his brother Herbert but they do not indicate if a pension was awarded. Brother Herbert Whitworth served with the Machine Gun Corps, died on 20 November 1917 and is buried in Cement House Cemetery, Belgium. He is also named on the Kimpton Memorials.
Alfred and his brother Herbert are also commemorated on the family headstone in St. Peter & St. Paul Churchyard. Alfred's inscription reads:
Also of ALFRED JOSEPH YOUNGER BROTHER OF THE ABOVE (Harry Whitworth)
WHO GAVE UP HIS BRIGHT YOUNG LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
IN NORTHERN FRANCE JUNE 10TH 1915 AGED 20 YEARS.
WHO GAVE UP HIS BRIGHT YOUNG LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
IN NORTHERN FRANCE JUNE 10TH 1915 AGED 20 YEARS.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Adrian Pitts
