Sale WW1 

Alfred Gittins DCM

Rank:SergeantNumber:L/16901
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:162nd Bde ('D' Bty)
Name of Rgt or Ship:Royal Field Artillery
Died:30/04/1918Age:32
How Died:Died of Wounds
Country of burial:FranceGrave Photo:Yes
Cemetery or Memorial:Esquelbecq Cemetery
Town Memorial:Sale
Extra Information:
Born during the March quarter 1886 in the Salford R.D. - ref: 8d/79, the
son of Charles William & Alice Gittins (nee Lancaster).

1891 Census - 120 Broughton Lane, Salford.   Son - aged: 5 - Scholar -
born: Broughton.    Head of household - Charles W. Gittins - Married -
aged: 39 - occ: Fishmonger - born: Liverpool.   Also - Alice Gittins - Wife
- aged: 38 - born: Manchester.   Plus 5 siblings.

1901 Census - 11 Oakley Street, Pendleton, Salford.  Son - aged: 15 - born:
Salford.   Head of household - Charles W. Gittins - Married - aged: 49 -
occ: Fishmonger - born: Liverpool.   Also - Alice Gittins - Wife - aged: 49
- born: Manchester.   Plus 5 siblings.

Married Alice Lucy Summerfield during the September quarter 1907 in the
Paddington R.D. - ref: 1a/21.

1911 Census - 110 Frensham Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire.   
Boarder - aged: 25 - Married - aged: 25 - occ: Professional Footballer -
born: Manchester.   Also - Alice Lucy Gittins - Wife - aged: 26 - born:
Sundon, Bedfordshire.    Residing with Beatrice Harriet Ford and family.

CWGC - Son of Charles W. Gittins  of 41 Chesham Crescent, Bell Lane, Bury,
Lancashire.

M.I. - "Eternal rest grant to him O'Lord - R.I.P.".


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