Name
Alfred Huddart
1882
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/03/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
202826
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
2nd/5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 7.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Bushey memorials
Pre War
Alfred Huddart was born in 1882 in Bushey, Herts, the son of William and Mary Ann Huddart and one of eight children.
On the 1891 Census the family were living at Copland Villa, Copland Road, Harrow, Middlesex where his father was working as a railway clerk. They had moved to 94 Queen's Road, Camberwell by 1901 at which time Alfred was working as a school teacher. In 1911 they had moved again, this time to 56 Manor Park, Lee, Lewisham, London. Alfred was then employed as a school teacher for the London County Council.
He married Alice Margaret Desborough at St Luke's Church, Camberwell, Surrey on 3 April 1915 and was living at 59 Camden Grove Peckham on enlistment. They had a daughter, Margaret Emma, on 9 May 1917.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Camberwell, Surrey in 13 November 1915 and joined the Sherwood Foresters Notts and Derby Regiment), serving with the 2nd/5th Battalion. Alfred was not mobilised until 20 September 1916 and was sent from Folkestone to France on 26 February 1917. He was sent for training to the 59th Division Signal School on 18 October 1917 and re-joined the battalion on 9 November 1917.
Alfred was initially reported missing and death was presumed on 21 March 1918, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Additional Information
His widow, Alice, received a war gratuity of £8 10s and pay owing of £17 8s 0d. She was also awarded a pension of £1 5s 0d a week for herself and her child.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, thesherwoodforesters.com.
