Alfred Gilbert Shellard
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 11270 (later Labour Corps No. 629470)
Parents: George and Edith Mary (Nee Robbins) Shellard
Marital status: Single
Home address: 18 Bath Street, Staple Hill, Bristol (1901 and 1911 census, the Family lived in Bath Street, Staple Hill)
Pre-war occupation: Boot Maker
Date of birth: 1896
Date of death: 27/05/1919
Buried/Commemorated at: Mangotsfield (Downend) Cemetery
Age: 23
Further information:
Alfred was born 1896 (2nd Quarter) and Baptised at Christ Church Downend on 2 March 1898, the same day as his older brother Ernest. Ernest also died during the war (they were the only two children of George and Edith).
Alfred served with the 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry and he died on 27/05/1919 (Special Military Surgical Hospital, Southmead, Bristol – cause unknown).
Alfred is commemorated on the Christ Church Downend Memorial and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorial.
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.