Name
Alfred Human
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/12/1916
39
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
19144
Grenadier Guards
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 8 D.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Knebworth Village Memorial, Knebworth (old)
Pre War
Alfred was the son of James & Elizabeth Human of Knebworth. Hertfordshire. At the time he enlisted in the Army he was working as a servant for the Hussey family in Knightsbridge, London.
Wartime Service
He arrived in France on the 16th March 1915. On the 23rd December 1916 the 1st Battalion relieved the 4th Battalion in trenches near to Bouleaux Wood, Bronfay. Alfred was reported as Missing in Action and has no known grave. His name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Medal Index Card lists his Service Number as 19147.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
