Gunner Alfred Parker Bostock
| Date of Birth | c1888 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 32 |
| Date of Death | 22/02/1920 |
| Service Number | 124931 |
| Military Service | Royal Field Artillery |
| Merton Address | |
| Local Memorial | Streatham Park Cemetery |
Additional Information
Very little information exists to confirm where Alfred Parker Bostock was born or who his parents and siblings were, or about his early life or where he grew up. His service record is not available through Ancestry.
Alfred married Elizabeth Louisa Harman in Edmonton Middlesex during the first quarter of 1914.
The 1911 Census reveals that 19-year-old Elizabeth Louisa was employed as a fancy box maker.
Alfred enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery on the 25th of April 1916 before being discharged on the 27th of November 1917 due to chronic illness according to the Silver War Badge. Records reveal that he served abroad.
Alfred and Elizabeth Louisa baptised their first child Winfred Ivy Louisa on 0ctober the 6th in 1918, baptismal records reveal that the couple resided at 176 Manor Place in Southwark, Surrey and that Alfred was employed as a clerk.
Records at St Paul’s Church in Lorrimore Square in Southwark reveal that the couple’s second child John William Andrew was baptised.
The Electoral Register for 1920 reveal that the Bostock family continued to Reside at 176 Manor Place in Walworth Road.
Alfred Parker Bostock died on the 22nd of February 1920 and was buried at Streatham Park Cemetery.
According to the Electoral Register for 1923, Elizabeth Louisa Bostock still resided at 176 Manor Place in Walworth