Alfred Potter
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 2552
Parents: Sarah Ann and Stanley Whitfield Potter
Home address: 22 Burchell's Green Road, Two Mile Hill, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Bootmaker
Date of birth: 26/10/1892
Place of birth: St. George, Bristol
Date of death: 18/05/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Two Mile Hill (St. Michael) Churchyard, Bristol. Not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 22
Further information:
Alfred was born in St. George, Bristol the eldest child and only son of a bootmaker. He had five younger sisters.
Alfred's battalion (the 1st/4th Battalion, Glosters) was mobilised to Boulogne in March 1915 and Alfred was wounded during the Second Battle of Artois (9th May – 18th June 1915). The outcome of the battle was inconclusive but resulted in 130,000 allied casualties. On 12th May 1915, Alfred was admitted to the 13th Stationery Hospital Boulogne, with leg wounds. He was transferred back to England to the 2nd Eastern General Hospital, Brighton which before the war had been Brighton Grammar School. It contained 98 officer beds and 1190 other ranks beds and thousands of the wounded were transferred to Brighton from the Western Front via ambulance trains during the course of the war. Alfred died in hospital after six days and was buried near his home.
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/
https://wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/hospitals/hospital.php?pid=18359