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A. Greenfield
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| Age at death: |
21 |
| Born: |
Horsham, Sussex |
| Full name: |
Alfred |
Service, Regiment,
Corps, etc: |
London Regiment |
| Unit, ship, etc: |
"D" Company, 1/15th Battalion (Civil Service Rifles) |
| Enlisted: |
London |
| Rank: |
Sergeant 1530 |
| Decorations: |
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| War (and theatre): |
WW1(F&F) |
| Date of death: |
15 September 1916 |
| Manner of death: |
KIA |
| Family details: |
Son of Ambrose and Rosina Greenfield, 42 Barrington Road, Horsham |
| Residence: |
Battersea |
| Home department: |
Board of Trade - Labour Department (Central Office) |
| Civilian rank: |
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Cemetery or
memorial: |
Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 13C) |
Additional information and photographs
Alfred Greenfield was one of a very large number of Civil Service Riflemen killed at High Wood on the Somme.
For detailed
accounts, see The History of the Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles (published 1921), The History of the 47th (London)
Division 1914-1919 by Alan H Maude (published 1922 and reprinted by The Naval & Military Press, 2000) and The hell they called
High Wood by Terry Norman (published by William Kimber, 1984).
Alfred Greenfield is commemorated on the scroll within the Civil
Service Rifles Memorial at Somerset House, London WC2 and on the
Memorial to Staff of the Ministry of
Labour,
now hanging in Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1.
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