Name
Alfred Coxall
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/09/1916
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
15446
Bedfordshire Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town War Memorial
Pre War
Son of Martha Ann Coxall, of Godfrey's Terrace, London Rd., Royston, Herts, and the late Alfred Coxall.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in the army in August 1914 and was posted to France in August 1915. He is known to have been a Cook from the officer’s mess. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme.
Additional Information
His brother, Robert Coxall, died on 14 May 1918, after being gassed whilst serving with the Hertfordshire Regiment.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
