| Surname: |
Savill |
| Initials/Name: |
Alfred |
| Country of Service: |
UK |
| Rank: |
Private |
| Regiment: |
Bedfordshire Regiment |
| Unit: |
4th Battalion |
| Service No: |
40602 |
| Age: |
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| Date of Death |
14/02/1917 |
| How died: |
Killed in Action |
| Awards: |
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| Cemetery: |
Thiepval Memorial |
| Country: |
France |
| Grave Reference: |
Pier and Face 2C |
| Local Memorials: |
Stock |
| Address: |
Linford. Born Stock |
| CWGC Page: |
Alfred Savill |
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(should this link fail, search the
CWGC site) |
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Below from John Westwood |
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| Alfred Savill
was born in Stock, lived in Linford Essex, and enlisted in Grays. Originally in
the Northants Regt (19991), he transferred to the 4th Bedfordshire Regt as a
private, Service Number 40602, which was the Extra Reserve Battalion (regular
army and not new army). |
| He was killed
in action 14th Feb 1917, in actions on the Ancre near Miraumont, while his
regiment was part of the 63rd Royal Naval Division. He is remembered on the
Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 2 C. |
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Updated 22.09.2024 |