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.