Name
Alfred Pettengell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/05/1918
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
25194
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 48 to 50 and 162A.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Stevenage Old Town Memorial,
St Nicholas' Church Memorial, Stevenage Old Town
Pre War
Alfred was the second son of Arthur & Rose Pettengell of 49 Albert Street, Stevenage. Before the war he was employed by W.L.Hall in Hitchin. His brother Fred, who was serving in the Royal Navy, had been previously torpedoed and was one of only seven survivors.
Wartime Service
Alfred was reported missing on the 8th May 1918 but his body was not found until August that year when a Corporal of the Durham Light Infantry, who was out on telephone work, found Albert laying in a shell hole. His pay book was still in his pocket, which identified his body. However, Alfred's body was never recovered and he has no known grave.
His name is recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. (Panel 48/50.)
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
