Alfred Thomas HYNES^[1]

1894 - 1917  (22 years)

• Name	Alfred Thomas HYNES
  Birth	Mar 1894	Whitechapel
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1915
  	Soldier
  	he was a Private in the Royal Berkshire Regiment
  Death	27 Jan 1917	Died in the Somme WW1
  	Cause: Bomb exploded at entrance of trench
  	12184 12184 Private in the Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Btn
  Person ID	I598	Merged
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Michael HYNES,   b. 16 Oct 1855, Woolwich, Kent d. 1917 (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Susannah GLOVER,   b. 5 Nov 1861, Islington, London d. Dec 1944, Hackney (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1881	Whitechapel, London
  	Address: St Anns Roman Catholic Church, Albert Place, Whitechapel
  Family ID	F147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alfred enlisted at Finsbury, London in the Princess Charlotte of Wales Royal Berkshire Regiment. The battalion was raised at Shorncliffe in September 1914. They moved to Colchester in October to join 53rd Brigade, part of the New Army Divisions the 18th. They trained until May 1815 when they moved to Codford St Mary on Salisbury Plain ready for embarkation.He left Folkestone by sea to Boulogne on the 24th July 1915, and was in the battle of the Somme on the 1st July 1916 and was in France until his death on 27th January 1917 Three other comrades from the 6th Battalion died on the same day, they were Herbert Austin 12837 from Oakley Green Berks Alfred Jones 12663 from Caerphilly, Wales Benjamin Windebank 10334 from Berkshire and Birmingham

  
  

• Sources

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