Images courtesy of Richard Hale.
1918 Suffolk Chronicle & Mercury Newspaper.
Born: 1892, Ipswich.
Died: 3rd June 1918; age 26; KiA.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich – in the Post Office Rifles.
Employed: Ipswich Post Office.
Rank: Rifleman; Service Number: 608732.
Regiment: London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), 18th Battalion.
Formerly 372601, 8th London Regiment.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
B.3.
Somme,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of George & Anna Hale, of 13, Khartoum Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 Kirby Street, Ipswich.
Alfred was 8 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
George Hale, 42, a Postman, born Coddenham, Suffolk.
Anna Hale (nee Page), 43, born Crowfield, Suffolk.
George Albert Hale, 19, a Postman, born Ipswich.
Frank Herbert Hale, a Baker, born Ipswich.
Emily Anna Hale, 15, born Ipswich.
1911 13, Khartoum Road, Ipswich.
Alfred was 18 years old, a Restaurant Porter. He was living with his parents & siblings.
George, 52, a Postman.
Anna, 53.
Bertie Robert Hale, 31, a Tram Motorman – Borough Council Corporation, born Crowfield.
Frank, 26, a Baker.
Emily, 25.
1 boarder.
Soldiers’ Effects to George Hale – father.
Alfred is also remembered on the war memorial at the Royal Mail Centre, Commercial Road, Ipswich and St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich
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