Other Information:Alfred enlisted into the Eastern Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., Territorial Force on 14th September 1914 - his service number was 1937. On 21st January 1917 he was transferred into the regular army, R.A.M.C. He embarked at Southampton on 14th February, then disembarking at Rouen he entered the war in France on 15th February 1917. On 9th March 1917, he was posted to serve with the 44th Field Ambulance, in the field. He was seriously wounded during the fighting on the Menin Road, on 22nd August, in the same action that Edwin Broomhead, William Cole, and Harry Brecknell lost their lives. Alfred received gun shot wounds to both his legs and his right arm. He was transferred down the chain of evacuation but died from his wounds in the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. Alfred was the husband of Annie E Scales of 66 Dudley Street, Luton, Beds.
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