Soldier Factfile

Name:  Private Alfred Henry Willett 73616

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Date of Birth:  April 1893

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Address:  Forest Gate, Anstey

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Parents Names: 

Solomon( Shoe Riveter) d.1916

Flora d. 1910

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Occupation before the war:  Shoe Clicker

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Siblings Names:

Olive b.1900

Reginald b.1904

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Date Died:   17.5.1918

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Age:  25

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Place of Death:   43, St Michael’s Avenue, Belgrave, Leicester

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Place of Burial/Memorial:  E 184, Leicester (Belgrave) Cemetery

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Cause of death:   Nephritis

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Regiment:

Royal Army Medical Corps

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Medals:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

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Any other information (e.g. Service Record/ appearance etc)

• Enlisted 27.10.1915
• Wounded in action (gas poisoning) on 1.9.1916
• Discharged, no longer fit for active service on 15.12.1916, with TB and deafness in one ear.
• On discharge, Alfred’s address given as 32, McDonald Street, Belgrave, Leicester.
• Transferred to sanatorium in Salisbury Plain.
• Married Hilda Worth in April 1918