Alfred George Wollen
Memorial: Iron Acton - St James the Less Church
Regiment: Wiltshire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 202833
Parents: George and Caroline Jane Wollen
Home address: High Street, Iron Acton, Bristol
Date of birth: 1897
Place of birth: Iron Acton, Bristol
Date of death: 30/08/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Tyne Cott Memorial (Panel 199 to 120), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Age: 20
Further information:
Alfred Wollen was born in 1898 to George Wollen, one of the school managers and a domestic gardener and Caroline Jane Wollen of the High Street, Iron Acton, Bristol
Private Alfred Wollen of the 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment was Killed in Action on 30 August 1917 and has no known grave being commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. Alfred was one of two men killed whilst the battalion was marching from Asylum, Ypres to the front line after being bused in from the Steenvorde area. In total, before they even reached the front line on that day, the Battalion casualties were two men killed, six men wounded, one wounded but still at duty and one man with shell shock
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC