2Lt Alfred Alcock 18 Gloucestershire Regt

[Will O'Brien]

As per CWGC

Name: ALCOCK, ALFRED

Initials: A

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

Unit Text: 18th Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

Age: 31

Date of Death: 21/08/1916

Additional information: Son of Alfred and Mary Alcock, of Didbrook, Winchcombe, Cheltenham.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B

Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

[jimmyjames]

Capt Adcock is commemorated on a stone plaque in St George's Church, Didbrook, near Toddington, Glos.

Regards

Jimmy

[gord97138]

Will:

Here's Alfred and his family from the 1891 census:

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Name Age in 1891 Birthplace Relationship to head-of-house Civil parish County

Alcock, Adelaine M 11 Temple guiting, Gloucestershire Daughter Didbrook Gloucestershire

Alcock, Alfred 37 Temple guiting, Gloucestershire Head Didbrook Gloucestershire

Alcock, Alfred 6 Didbrook, Gloucestershire Son Didbrook Gloucestershire

Alcock, Arthur G 8 Didbrook, Gloucestershire Son Didbrook Gloucestershire

Alcock, Charles E 12 Gloucester, Gloucestershire Son Didbrook Gloucestershire

Alcock, Charlotte 1 Didbrook, Gloucestershire Daughter Didbrook Gloucestershire

Alcock, Edith H 10 Didbrook, Gloucestershire Daughter Didbrook Gloucestershire

Alcock, Grace A 9 Didbrook, Gloucestershire Daughter Didbrook Gloucestershire

Alcock, James 2 Didbrook, Gloucestershire Son Didbrook Gloucestershire

Alcock, Mary 30 Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire Wife Didbrook Gloucestershire

Alcock, Mary 4 Didbrook, Gloucestershire Daughter Didbrook Gloucestershire

Alcock, Merrie D 4/12 Didbrook, Gloucestershire Daughter Didbrook Gloucestershire