Lance Corporal William Alfred Birtchnall

Date of Birth c1897
Age at Death 20
Date of Death 10/09/1917
Service Number 50420 G/35196
Military Service Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment
Merton Address 43 Kirkley Road, Merton
Local Memorial St. Saviour’s Church, Raynes Park

Additional Information

William Alfred, who was born in the first quarter of 1897, was the eldest son of William and Alice Mary Birtchnall. He was baptized on the 27th March 1897 in Croydon; according to the baptismal records, the family resided at the Haigh Street in Merton and his father was listed as a wine merchant. (His 18 year old father, William, who was born in Brighton, was employed as a footman at the Deanery, according to the 1881 Census).

The 1901 Census reveals that his 37 year old father William and his wife 33 year old Alice Mary resided at 77 High Street in Merton. The couple had a total of 3 sons including younger son Harold who died in 1918. The family also employed one servant, 19 year old Edith. William’s occupation was a wine and beer merchant.

The 1911 Census Reveals that William and Alice had been married for 19 years, the couple had a total of 9 children, and 3 children had died in early childhood. William’s occupation is listed as of a grocery 0ff License. The family had moved to 43 Kirkley Road in Merton.

William Alfred’s service record is not available through Ancestry, although he enlisted at Merton in Surrey, rising to the rank of Lance Corporal in the Duke 0f Cambridge’s Middlesex Regiment. He died of his wounds on the 10th September 1917 and was buried at Wimereux cemetery.

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