8398 Corporal Alfred Beetles of D Company, the 2nd Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment, died of wounds on the 24th January 1915. Alfred was a regular soldier who was born in Holy Trinity, Bradford and who joined the York and Lancs Regiment at Pontefract in early 1906. At the time he joined up he was living in Bradford and already serving with the militia. He was five feet, five and a quarter inches tall.
Alfred enlisted for three years with the Colours and nine on the Reserve and he certainly spent time in Quetta and Karachi. Whilst overseas, he was also hospitalised as a result of malaria.
At the time of his death, Alfred was unmarried. His parents are recorded as George Forbes Beetles and Emma Beetles of 305a Leeds Road, Bradford. He also had one brother and five sisters. He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC, WO 363)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War
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