Alfred Gilbert

1885 - 1914  (29 years)

• Name	Alfred Gilbert
  Birth	19 Jul 1885	Tamworth, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Christening	16 Apr 1886	Tamworth, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  	Name: Alfred Gilbert Birth date: 19 Jul 1885 Baptism date: 16 Apr 1886 Baptism place: Tamworth, St Editha County: Staffordshire Denomination: Anglican Father's name: George Mother's name: Ellen Abode: Bolehall Quality, Trade, or Profession: Blacksmith Archive reference: D3773/1/12 Page: 62
  Gender	Male
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Tamworth, Staffordshire, England   [4]
  	Address: Cross Street, Bolehall and Glascote
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Tamworth, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  	Address: 4 Arcade Building
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901  [3]
  	Packer's Assistant
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Derby, Derbyshire, England   [5]
  	Address: 27 Grayling Street
  	Boarder with George James Bott and family
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [5]
  	Police constable
  Death	31 Dec 1914	France and Flanders   [6, 7]
  	Name: Alfred GILBERT Rank: CPL. Initials: A Birth place: Tamworth, Warwickshire Residence: Derby Enlisted: Birmingham Regiment, Corps etc.: Coldstream Guards Battalion etc.: Number: 6126 Date died: 31 December 1914 How died: Killed in action Theatre of war: France and Flanders
  Commemorated	Abt 1919	Tamworth, Staffordshire, England   [8, 9]
  	GILBERT, A Memorial St Editha's Church (WMR 13745) Tamworth Staffordshire Ten stone tablets for WW1 (and five stone tablets for WW2) St Editha's Church, Church Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7DE
  Burial	Richebourg-l'Avoué, Pas-de-Calais, France   [7]
  	GILBERT, A Rank: Corporal Service No: 6126 Date of Death: 31/12/1914 Regiment/Service: Coldstream Guards 3rd Bn. Grave Reference I. B. 17. Cemetery LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
  Person ID	I456	Gilbert
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	George Gilbert,   b. 1840, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England d. 1914, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Ellen Walker,   b. 1843, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England d. 30 Nov 1926, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	17 Feb 1868	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Jul 1885 - Tamworth, Staffordshire, England Christening - 16 Apr 1886 - Tamworth, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: Cross Street, Bolehall and Glascote - 5 Apr 1891 - Tamworth, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 4 Arcade Building - 31 Mar 1901 - Tamworth, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 27 Grayling Street - 2 Apr 1911 - Derby, Derbyshire, England Death - 31 Dec 1914 - France and Flanders Commemorated - Abt 1919 - Tamworth, Staffordshire, England Burial - - Richebourg-l'Avoué, Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  GILBERT, Alfred: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for Alfred GILBERT. He was a Private then a Corporal in the Coldstream Guards. He entered the theatre of war on 21 Aug 1914 and was killed in action. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and clasp. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Gilbert, Alfred; Mother's Maiden Surname: Walker; GRO Reference: 1885 S Quarter in TAMWORTH Volume 06B Page 428 (accessed 14 May 2018). [S193] Staffordshire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Gilbert, Alfred; Birth year: 1885; Baptism year: 1886; Father's name: George; Mother's name: Ellen; Baptism place: Tamworth, St Editha (accessed 2 Nov 2017). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Gilbert, Alfred; Birth year: 1886; Birth town: Tamworth; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Tamworth; Parish: Tamworth; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2649; Folio: 9; Page: 9 (accessed 26 Apr 2018). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Gilbert, Alfred; Birth year: 1886; Birth county: Warwickshire; Reg dist: Tamworth; Parish: Bolehall and Glascote; Town: Glascote; City: Tamworth; County: Warwickshire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2210; Folio: 40; Page: 31 (accessed 31 May 2018). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Gilbert, Alfred; Birth year: 1886; Birth place: Staffordshire Tamworth; Reg dist: Derby; Parish: Derby; County: Derbyshire; Ref: RG14PN20906 RG78PN1247A RD435 SD2 ED35 SN352 (accessed 7 Apr 2018). [S85] Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 (FindMyPast), Gilbert, Alfred; 1914; Service number: 6126; Rank: Cpl.; Regiment: Coldstream Guards (accessed 20 Sep 2018). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Gilbert, A; Country: France; Cemetery or memorial: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'avoue; Service number: 6126; Regiment: Coldstream Guards; First World War (accessed 21 Aug 2018). [S382] War Memorials Register (FindMyPast), Gilbert, A; Death year: 1914; County: Staffordshire; Country: England (accessed 17 Dec 2020). [S383] War Memorials Register (Imperial War Museum - IWM), Gilbert, A; Memorial county: Staffordshire; Memorial town: Tamworth (accessed 17 Dec 2020).