Name
Alfred James Law
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/03/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
43175
Essex Regiment
11th Bn
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VAULX HILL CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. B. 4.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Sawbridgeworth Town Memorial, Great St Mary’s Church Memorial, Sawbridgeworth, Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Alfred was the son of Mr. I. Law, born at Berden in Essex in 1886, but later of 72, Station Rd., Sawbridgeworth, Herts.
He was a resident of Sawbridgeworth and enlisted in Hertford.
Wartime Service
Formerly 4300 in the Hertfordshire Regiment, enlisting between 13th December 1914 and 11th January 1915. After initial service with the Hertfordshire Regiment, he was transferred to the 11th Battalion Essex Regiment.
Alfred’s date of death is given as 21 March 1918. This was the first day of the German ‘Michael’ offensive, an attempt to win the war before the American soldiers arrived in significant force. Alfred’s Battalion were stationed in the St. Quentin area, and this part of the action is actually known as the Battle of St. Quentin.
Alfred Law was killed in action and is buried at Vaulx Hill Cemetery, France. He was aged 32.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Douglas Coe
