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Harold Arthur Paget Aldred

Harold Aldred
Harold Aldred CREDIT: Downham Market Gazette

A Private with 1/1st Bn., Harold died on 21st of September 1918 at the age of 24. 

Harold was born at Lowestoft on 21 February 1894, a son of Arthur and Isabel Maude Aldred. He was baptised at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, on 14 March 1894 and at that time his family lived at 13 Thurston Road. By 1901 his family were living at 233 Raglans Street, Lowestoft. In 1911 Harold's family were living at 5 Beresford Road, and Harold worked as a milk boy. 

During the First World War Harold volunteered to join the Army and he served with the Suffolk Regiment. He arrived in France on 25 July 1915 as a member of the 8th Battalion and subsequently he served with the 7th Battalion. The 8th Battalion Suffolk Regiment was disbanded in France on 7 February 1918 and this may have been when Harold was posted to the 7th Battalion. On 9 May 1918 over 400 men of the 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment were transferred to the 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment.  

Harold died from wounds. 

By 1919 Harold's family were living at 55 Saint Margarets Road, Lowestoft.

Note: Various records including pension records card, medal index card and medal rolls show Harold's regiment as either the 8th or 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. However, the evidence from the Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, which gives his unit as the 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment and this should be taken as authoritative. 

Lived at

Harold Aldred
55
St Margarets Road
Lowestoft
United Kingdom

52.4860095, 1.7532405

CountryOfService
United Kingdom
BranchService
Army
Regiment
Cambridgeshire Regiment
ServiceNumber
13891
Burial/Memorial
France
ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
IV. F. 8.

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