ALFRED MURRELL
Born: 20th February 1892, Bramford, Suffolk.
Baptised on the 24th April 1892, at St. Mary le Virgin Church, Bramford – family home at Bramford.
Died: 14th October 1916; age 24; died of Malaria Fever in a Military Hospital, in Salonika.
Residence: 30, Waveney Road, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 34821
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery, 130th Siege Battery.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
II.D.5.
Greece.
Uncle to ALFRED JAMES MURRELL.
CENSUS
1901 Duke Street, Hintlesham, Suffolk.
Alfred was 9 years old and living with his widowed mother, brother, stepsister & maternal aunt.
Eliza Harriett Murrell (nee Green), 33, born Hintlesham, Suffolk.
Mildred Green, 13, born Hintlesham.
Walter James Murrell, 6, born Bramford, Suffolk.
Laura Green, 17, a General Domestic Servant, born Hintlesham.
1911 Royal Artillery Barracks, Admiralty Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Alfred was 18 years old, a Soldier, and ranked a Gunner in the 4th Depot, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Alfred’s father was Robert James Murrell, born 1869, Bramford, Suffolk – died 1899, Shotley, Suffolk – buried on the 7th September 1899, Bramford.
In May 1902, at St. Nicholas’ Church, Hintlesham, Suffolk, Alfred’s widowed mother, 34 year old Eliza Harriet Murrell, married 37 year old Joseph William Emsden, a widower, born 1863, Nettlestead, Suffolk.
The eldest son of Joseph and his late wife, Alice Emsden (nee Seager), Maurice William Emsden, was killed in action on the 16th September 1916. Maurice was 27 years of age and ranked a Private for the Suffolk Regiment, 9th Battalion. The body was never found, and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Soldiers’ Effects to Eliza H. Emsden – mother.
Alfred is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bramford, Suffolk.
Royal Garrison Artillery, 130th Siege Battery
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