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Alfred James Redfern (1893 - 1916)

Alfred James Redfern
Born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at about age 23 in Francemap
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Private Alfred Redfern was Killed in Action in the Battle of the Somme during World War I.

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Biography

Birth

Alfred James Redfern was born in 1893 in Manchester, Lancashire.[1]

First World War

Alfred enlisted with the Cheshire Regiment as a Private, Service Number 34732 then became a Private in the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers regiment, Service 42113.

He was killed in action on 27th August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 4A).[2]

Census

1901 Residence: 2 Melbourne Villas, Middleton Road, Crumpsall,Manchester, Lancashire.[3]

HouseholdRoleGenderMarital StatusAgeOccupationBirthplace
John E RedfernHeadMMarried49Brush Manufacturer and ImporterManchester, Lancashire
Alice M RedfernWifeFMarried36-Manchester, Lancashire
Elsie RedfernDaughterF-10-Manchester, Lancashire
Robert L RedfernSonM-9-Manchester, Lancashire
Alfred J RedfernSonM-8-Manchester, Lancashire
John H RedfernSonM-1-Manchester, Lancashire
Julia HibbertsonServantFSingle28Cook DomesticSheffield, Yorkshire
Annie BanksServantFSingle18Housemaid DomesticWellington, Shropshire
Annie LawsonVisitorFWidow55Sick NurseYork, Yorkshire

1911 The Gables, Bramhall, Cheshire.[4]

HouseholdRoleGenderMarital StatusAgeOccupationBirthplace
John Edward RedfernHeadMMarried59Brush Cutler and Fancy Goods Dealer, also Brush manufacturerManchester, Lancashire
Alice Mary RedfernWifeFMarried46-Manchester, Lancashire
Elsie RedfernDaughterFSingle20-Manchester, Lancashire
Robert Leigh RedfernSonMSingle19Assistant to business of HeadManchester, Lancashire
Alfred James RedfernSonMSingle18Assistant to business of HeadManchester, Lancashire
John Howard RedfernSonM-11SchoolManchester, Lancashire
Ellen MaddocksServantFSingle46CookWoodford, Cheshire
Bertha WhitehouseServantFSingle23HousemaidGreat Bridgeford, Staffordshire


Notes

The following was taken from a write up on the Stockport 1914-1918 website which is no longer available:

Alfred was the son of John and Alice Redfern of The Gables, Bramhall and the brother of Leigh who had been killed on 4 June 1915. Both brothers worked for the family brush manufacturing firm of James Redfern & Co, 75 Market Street, Manchester. He enlisted into the army at Manchester at the beginning of 1915 and was assigned to the Cheshire Regiment (service number 34732). It is most probable that he did not go on active service until the summer of 1916 and, like many men who trained with the Cheshires and went overseas at that time, he was immediately transferred on arrival in France. The Borderers had suffered significant casualties during the early days of July in the fighting at the Battle of the Somme and would have been in desperate need of replacements. On the day he was killed, Alfred and his new comrades were in positions at the village of Bazentin-le-Petit. The Battalion's War Diary records "Fairly heavy intermittent shelling during the day on both sides." And it seems reasonable to assume that Alfred became one of the victims of the German artillery. He has no known grave.

Sources

  1. Register of Births: GRO Reference: 1893 J Quarter in Salford Volume 08D Page 63
  2. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link to CWGC record
  3. "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9V2-P9X : 21 May 2019), John E Redfern, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Cheetham subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
  4. "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWSG-P2H : 3 July 2019), John Edward Redfern, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.




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