Alfred Britton
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Sapper 494910 (previously T/3716)
Parents: Alfred and Sarah Ann Britton
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: Walton House, Gladstone Street, Soundwell, Staple Hill, Bristol. Lived: Tenby House, Gladstone Street, Soundwell, Bristol (1901 Census)
Pre-war occupation: Worked on Buildings (1911 Census)
Date of birth: 1895
Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 21/08/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Dunhallow A.D.S Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age: 22
Further information:
Alfred Britton served with the 477th (South Midland) Field Company, Royal Engineers and was Killed in Action on 21/08/1917
The medal index card indicates that the British War Medal and Victory Medal were refused by the Next of Kin
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.