Alfred Bamfield
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner 5188465
Parents: Alfred and Alice Bamfield
Marital status: Married
Home address: 136 Forest Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Dough roller at a sausage factory
Date of birth: 28/11/1915
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 17/07/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados, France and Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 28
Further information:
Alfred was born in Kingswood the son of a bootmaker and the youngest child of seven with four sisters and two brothers. Alfred married Gladys Rosina Williams who worked in corset manufacturing in 1938.
Alfred served with the 97 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Alfred went over to France in the Normandy Landings in June 1944 and was killed the following month during the fighting to capture Caen. He was initially buried at Baron-Sur-Odon and reburied at Banneville after the war.
Note: Name misspelled on the memorial as Banfield.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/