Other Information:Alfred was educated at Sedbergh School and Leeds and Victoria University. He arrived in France on the 23rd September 1914, serving as a Senior Surgeon with a Mobile Unit of a B.R.C.S. Field Ambulance attached to the French Cavalry in 1914. He also appears to have served with No 3 B.R.C.S. Unit at Rouen. In 1915, Alfred became Second in Command of the 2/2nd West Riding Field Ambulance and on the 6th November 1915, he was promoted from Lieutenant to Captain. Alfed was later appointed as D.A.D.M.S. of the 7th Corps BEF in France. In 1918, he gained the rank of a.Lt/Col whilst in command of 2/1st West Riding Field Ambulance. After the war, Alfred became Deputy Commissioner of Medical Services on HQ Staff, Ministry of Pensions in Leeds. He was the son of the late G H Hebblethwaite, and the husband of Annie Blackburn, the daughter of J Barnard , C.C., of Owston Ferry, Doncaster.
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