BOLAS Alfred Birch

  • First Name(s):
    Alfred 
    Birch 
  • Surname:
    BOLAS
  • Service Number:
    10344
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    7th November 1914
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 34.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Hartlebury, Worcestershire, enlisted Stourport, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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BOLAS Alfred Birch Is Named On These Memorials

Hartlebury C of E School now in Hartlebury Village Hall
Hartlebury St James the Apostle Churchyard WW1 Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Hartlebury St James the Apostle Churchyard with the information: Private

Further Information About BOLAS Alfred Birch

Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
Death reported in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1916/07/169. Photo in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1916/09/212.

In Company’s service since September 1912. Shunt-horse Driver, Traffic Department, Hartlebury and was formerly Porter at Great Malvern. Aged 28

A.B. Bolas Shunt Horse Driver, Hartlebury, Age 28, Private, 2nd Worcestershire Regiment, Killed in action 7/11/14

Source: The Great Western Railway in the First World War by Sandra Gittins, 2010.

Alfred Bolas has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.

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