BULLOCK Alfred William

Resident and enlisted Worcester.

Name given as Alfred William Bullock on Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Soldiers Died in the Great War.

The birth of Alfred William J Bullock is registered in the December Quarter 1892 under the Martley Registration District.

Alfred William John Bullock was born in 1892, the son of William and Elizabeth who had married in 1889.  He is recorded on the 1901 census as Alfred William, on the 1911 census he is recorded as William John and he lives with his parents and siblings in Abbingdon’s Cottage, Wichenford.

United Parish Magazine, Wichenford, November 1914:
The following are the names of those who volunteered on Thursday for Service with the colours:- Tom Berrow, Willie Bullock, Louis Grosvenor, Christopher Grosvenor, George Saunders, Tom Shaw and Edward Pethwick.  The six accepted ones have joined the 6th Battalion Worcester Regiment and have as their adjutant Captain U.P. Vigors. They will form a nice little family party. !!!!!!!

United Parish Magazine, Wichenford, February 1915:
Roll of Honour
I have several names to add to our original list of those who have volunteered for the defence and honour of our Country, I herewith give the full and revised list:- William Bullock 8th Worcesters (among a list totalling 22 names)

United Parish Magazine, Wichenford, October 1917:
The War – On August 22nd William Bullock died in France from severe wounds received on the 19th, scarcely three months after the death of his brother Charles.  He was one of our early volunteers, and had for nearly three years faithfully served his King and Country.  Two sons is a heavy toll from one family, and everyone is full of sympathy for their bereaved parents.  Amidst the sorrow and sadness of it all there comes a certain sense of pride that they were counted worthy to die in so noble a cause. A Memorial Service was held on Sunday, September 9th.

The following entry appears in the United Parish Magazine, St Peter’s Church, Martley, October 1917:
Wichenford – William Bullock dec’d

A photograph of Private W.A. Bullock of Wichenford can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement Saturday 8th September 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The grave photo available has William’s initials inscribed on the gravestone as A.W. as per the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records.