Wednesday, 21 July 2010

2528 L/Cpl Alfred W G Enoch MM, 1/5th Bn, Gloucs Regt

2528 Lance-Corporal Alfred William George Enoch MM of the 1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, was killed in action on the 21st July 1916. He was born in Cheltenham and enlisted there in August 1914. He arrived in France on the 29th March 1915 and was lost his life during the bitter Somme battles of July 1916.

Alfred was 24 years old when he died, the son of William C and Constance F Enoch of Camden Cottage, Croft Street, Cheltenham. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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