Birth GRO 1st qtr 1879
CHATFIELD, Alfred Horace Sevenoaks 2a 587
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CHATFIELD, Private Alfred Horace G/8863 57155. Born 1879 Sevenoaks district, Kent, died 2 November 1916. East Kent Regiment. Re-enlisted D Company 9th (Service) Battalion The Welsh Regiment. Enlisted Gravesend, Kent. Resided Wrotham, Kent. Husband of Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth Chatfield nee Burden of 2, South Street, Culverstone, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent. Formerly of Rolf Cottage, Stanstead Lane, Wrotham, Kent, and the Malt House Farm, Wrotham, Kent. Father of Alfred H. CHATFIELD, and Benjamin L. Chatfield. Buried Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France. Grave Ref: XVII. A. 2. Formerly Private, G/8863, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). When former soldier Alfred re-enlisted in the army on 1 January 1916, he stated that he was aged 39 years and 6 months, and that his home address was Rashill Cottages, Ash, near Wrotham, Kent. He said that he was employed as a Skilled Farm Labourer, having previously served for 12 years in The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), to which he was then again attested. After going to serve on the Western Front with his former regiment on 2 July 1916, Alfred was transferred to the 9th (Service) Battalion, Welsh Regiment on 1 September 1916. Two days after his transfer, Alfred suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm. Medal Index Card indicates entitlement to the Victory Medal and British War Medal. Alfred’s name was added to the Wrotham, Kent civic war memorial along with 12 others in 2007. Find A Grave Memorial# 56411709
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England and Wales Census, 1911
Name: Alfred Horace Chatfield
Event Place: Yalding, Kent, England
County: Kent
Parish: Yalding
Sub-District: Yalding
Sub-District Number: 1
District Number: 51
Enumeration District: 4
Registration District: Maidstone
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: LABOURER ON FARM
Number in Family: 7
Birth Year (Estimated): 1879
Birthplace: Sevenoaks, Kent
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Schedule Type: 2
Page Number: 1
Registration Number: RG14
Piece/Folio: 3
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Alfred Horace Chatfield Head M 32 Sevenoaks, Kent
Elizabeth Ellen Chatfield Wife F 42 Staplehurst, Kent
George Earnest Page Stepson M 16 Brixted, Sussex
Edward Thomas Page Son M 13 Abberdeenshire Scottange, Aberdeenshire
Kate Page Dau F 11 British, Northamptonshire
Benjamin Lewis Page Son M 5 Brookhurst Romney Marsh
Alfred Horace Chatfield Son M 2 Staplehurst, Kent
Dora Elizabeth Chatfield Dau F 0 Paddock Wood, Kent