7174 Private Alfred Ledgard of the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 27th October 1914, aged 29. He was the husband of Emily Ledgard of 106 Chassum Street, Manningham, Bradford in Yorkshire and he had originally joined the Lincolnshire Regiment in November or December 1903.
According to his medal index card, Alfred arrived overseas on the 25th August 1914 and was killed in action on the 17th October 1914, although the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Soldiers Died in The Great war both give the 27th.
Alfred was born in Manningham, Bradford and enlisted in Bradford. He had married Emily Ryder in Bradford in the December quarter of 1909.
Alfred Ledgard has no known grave and is commemorated on the war memorial at Le Touret.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC, Marriage index)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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