RANK & SERVICE NUMBER Trooper 294738.
BATTALION & REGIMENT The Life Guards (1st Household Cavalry Regiment).
ENLISTMENT DETAILS Alfred was a serving soldier prior to the Second World War.
DATE FIRST SERVED IN THEATRE OF WAR 1940 in the Middle East.
SERVICE RECORD
The Life Guards became part of The Household Cavalry Composite Regiment at the start of the Second World War. The 1st Regiment departed the United Kingdom in February 1940, travelled across France, and arrived in Palestine on 20th February 1940, where they served as a garrison force. In May 1941, the Regiment were heavily involved in fighting in Iraq, where German supporting Rashid Ali had seized power in Baghdad. The enemy forces were overthrown and the Germans were forced to call a truce at the end of May. The action then moved towards Syria and at some point Alfred was killed. His death was thought to have been the result of a bomb blast. On 16th July 1941, the Hull Daily Mail reported Alfred’s death in action, on behalf of his wife and family .
DATE AND CLASSIFICATION OF DEATH 22nd June 1941 killed in action.
PLACE OF DEATH Iraq or Syria.
AGE AT DEATH 30
FAMILY INFORMATIO
NAME OF PARENTS Joseph Wiltshire and Alice Wiltshire nee Rodmell.
DATE AND PLACE OF PARENTS MARRIAGE 28th September 1903 in the Hull area.
SIBLINGS NAMES AND BIRTH DATES
Jane Elizabeth 1904, Ronald Archibald 1913, Joan Margaret 1916, Joseph Arthur 1918 and Frank 1921, all born in Hull, except Ronald who was born in Gibraltar.
SIBLINGS NOTE There may have been further siblings who were born and died overseas.
CENSUS 1911 Age under 1. Living with his mother and older sister in Army Quarters in Gibraltar. His father is a soldier in the Royal Engineers.
1939 REGISTER Alfred was living with his widowed mother and three of his siblings (two of their names are redacted), at Buena Vista, Cottingham Road, Hull. He was already a Trooper in the Life Guards.
DATE & PLACE OF MARRIAGE Mid-1939 in Hull.
NAME OF SPOUSE Marjorie Wise.
DETAILS OF CHILDREN None.
OTHER SUPPORTING FAMILY INFORMATION
Wife Marjorie married Ronald Will Clappison in mid-1948, in Hull. They had two children together. She died in Hull, aged 74, in mid-1988.
Father Joseph served in the Royal Engineers from 1899 and throughout the Great War. He was stationed in Gibraltar between 1910 and 1914. Joseph was discharged from the armed services in February 1920 as he was no longer fit to continue. He had contracted Malaria during 1919 while serving in Rangoon and the symptoms continued to affect him. He died at Buena Vista, Cottingham Road, Hull, aged 56, on 12th December 1935.
Mother Alice was living at 215 Bricknell Avenue, Hull, when she died in Broadgate Hospital in Walkington, Yorkshire, aged 84, on 23rd January 1966.
Sister Jane died in Hull, aged 17, in early 1922.
Brother Ronald was living with his mother in 1939 and working as a Heavy Haulage Driver. He married a trained Nurse, Mary Ellen White, in early 1941 in Hull. They had at least one child together. In 2003, Ronald was on the electoral roll at 9 New Princes Avenue, Hedon, East Yorkshire. He died there, aged 90, in the first three months of the year.
Sister Joan married Arthur Lambert Thoresby in mid-1937, in Hull. They had at least one child together. She died at 215 Bricknell Avenue, Hull, aged 72, on 5th December 1988.
Alfred's remaining siblings may potentially be still alive and are therfore not included here.
BATTALION & REGIMENT The Life Guards (1st Household Cavalry Regiment).
ENLISTMENT DETAILS Alfred was a serving soldier prior to the Second World War.
DATE FIRST SERVED IN THEATRE OF WAR 1940 in the Middle East.
SERVICE RECORD
The Life Guards became part of The Household Cavalry Composite Regiment at the start of the Second World War. The 1st Regiment departed the United Kingdom in February 1940, travelled across France, and arrived in Palestine on 20th February 1940, where they served as a garrison force. In May 1941, the Regiment were heavily involved in fighting in Iraq, where German supporting Rashid Ali had seized power in Baghdad. The enemy forces were overthrown and the Germans were forced to call a truce at the end of May. The action then moved towards Syria and at some point Alfred was killed. His death was thought to have been the result of a bomb blast. On 16th July 1941, the Hull Daily Mail reported Alfred’s death in action, on behalf of his wife and family .
DATE AND CLASSIFICATION OF DEATH 22nd June 1941 killed in action.
PLACE OF DEATH Iraq or Syria.
AGE AT DEATH 30
FAMILY INFORMATIO
NAME OF PARENTS Joseph Wiltshire and Alice Wiltshire nee Rodmell.
DATE AND PLACE OF PARENTS MARRIAGE 28th September 1903 in the Hull area.
SIBLINGS NAMES AND BIRTH DATES
Jane Elizabeth 1904, Ronald Archibald 1913, Joan Margaret 1916, Joseph Arthur 1918 and Frank 1921, all born in Hull, except Ronald who was born in Gibraltar.
SIBLINGS NOTE There may have been further siblings who were born and died overseas.
CENSUS 1911 Age under 1. Living with his mother and older sister in Army Quarters in Gibraltar. His father is a soldier in the Royal Engineers.
1939 REGISTER Alfred was living with his widowed mother and three of his siblings (two of their names are redacted), at Buena Vista, Cottingham Road, Hull. He was already a Trooper in the Life Guards.
DATE & PLACE OF MARRIAGE Mid-1939 in Hull.
NAME OF SPOUSE Marjorie Wise.
DETAILS OF CHILDREN None.
OTHER SUPPORTING FAMILY INFORMATION
Wife Marjorie married Ronald Will Clappison in mid-1948, in Hull. They had two children together. She died in Hull, aged 74, in mid-1988.
Father Joseph served in the Royal Engineers from 1899 and throughout the Great War. He was stationed in Gibraltar between 1910 and 1914. Joseph was discharged from the armed services in February 1920 as he was no longer fit to continue. He had contracted Malaria during 1919 while serving in Rangoon and the symptoms continued to affect him. He died at Buena Vista, Cottingham Road, Hull, aged 56, on 12th December 1935.
Mother Alice was living at 215 Bricknell Avenue, Hull, when she died in Broadgate Hospital in Walkington, Yorkshire, aged 84, on 23rd January 1966.
Sister Jane died in Hull, aged 17, in early 1922.
Brother Ronald was living with his mother in 1939 and working as a Heavy Haulage Driver. He married a trained Nurse, Mary Ellen White, in early 1941 in Hull. They had at least one child together. In 2003, Ronald was on the electoral roll at 9 New Princes Avenue, Hedon, East Yorkshire. He died there, aged 90, in the first three months of the year.
Sister Joan married Arthur Lambert Thoresby in mid-1937, in Hull. They had at least one child together. She died at 215 Bricknell Avenue, Hull, aged 72, on 5th December 1988.
Alfred's remaining siblings may potentially be still alive and are therfore not included here.
RANK & SERVICE NUMBER Trooper 294738.
BATTALION & REGIMENT The Life Guards (1st Household Cavalry Regiment).
ENLISTMENT DETAILS Alfred was a serving soldier prior to the Second World War.
DATE FIRST SERVED IN THEATRE OF WAR 1940 in the Middle East.
SERVICE RECORD
The Life Guards became part of The Household Cavalry Composite Regiment at the start of the Second World War. The 1st Regiment departed the United Kingdom in February 1940, travelled across France, and arrived in Palestine on 20th February 1940, where they served as a garrison force. In May 1941, the Regiment were heavily involved in fighting in Iraq, where German supporting Rashid Ali had seized power in Baghdad. The enemy forces were overthrown and the Germans were forced to call a truce at the end of May. The action then moved towards Syria and at some point Alfred was killed. His death was thought to have been the result of a bomb blast. On 16th July 1941, the Hull Daily Mail reported Alfred’s death in action, on behalf of his wife and family .
DATE AND CLASSIFICATION OF DEATH 22nd June 1941 killed in action.
PLACE OF DEATH Iraq or Syria.
AGE AT DEATH 30
FAMILY INFORMATIO
NAME OF PARENTS Joseph Wiltshire and Alice Wiltshire nee Rodmell.
DATE AND PLACE OF PARENTS MARRIAGE 28th September 1903 in the Hull area.
SIBLINGS NAMES AND BIRTH DATES
Jane Elizabeth 1904, Ronald Archibald 1913, Joan Margaret 1916, Joseph Arthur 1918 and Frank 1921, all born in Hull, except Ronald who was born in Gibraltar.
SIBLINGS NOTE There may have been further siblings who were born and died overseas.
CENSUS 1911 Age under 1. Living with his mother and older sister in Army Quarters in Gibraltar. His father is a soldier in the Royal Engineers.
1939 REGISTER Alfred was living with his widowed mother and three of his siblings (two of their names are redacted), at Buena Vista, Cottingham Road, Hull. He was already a Trooper in the Life Guards.
DATE & PLACE OF MARRIAGE Mid-1939 in Hull.
NAME OF SPOUSE Marjorie Wise.
DETAILS OF CHILDREN None.
OTHER SUPPORTING FAMILY INFORMATION
Wife Marjorie married Ronald Will Clappison in mid-1948, in Hull. They had two children together. She died in Hull, aged 74, in mid-1988.
Father Joseph served in the Royal Engineers from 1899 and throughout the Great War. He was stationed in Gibraltar between 1910 and 1914. Joseph was discharged from the armed services in February 1920 as he was no longer fit to continue. He had contracted Malaria during 1919 while serving in Rangoon and the symptoms continued to affect him. He died at Buena Vista, Cottingham Road, Hull, aged 56, on 12th December 1935.
Mother Alice was living at 215 Bricknell Avenue, Hull, when she died in Broadgate Hospital in Walkington, Yorkshire, aged 84, on 23rd January 1966.
Sister Jane died in Hull, aged 17, in early 1922.
Brother Ronald was living with his mother in 1939 and working as a Heavy Haulage Driver. He married a trained Nurse, Mary Ellen White, in early 1941 in Hull. They had at least one child together. In 2003, Ronald was on the electoral roll at 9 New Princes Avenue, Hedon, East Yorkshire. He died there, aged 90, in the first three months of the year.
Sister Joan married Arthur Lambert Thoresby in mid-1937, in Hull. They had at least one child together. She died at 215 Bricknell Avenue, Hull, aged 72, on 5th December 1988.
Alfred's remaining siblings may potentially be still alive and are therfore not included here.
BATTALION & REGIMENT The Life Guards (1st Household Cavalry Regiment).
ENLISTMENT DETAILS Alfred was a serving soldier prior to the Second World War.
DATE FIRST SERVED IN THEATRE OF WAR 1940 in the Middle East.
SERVICE RECORD
The Life Guards became part of The Household Cavalry Composite Regiment at the start of the Second World War. The 1st Regiment departed the United Kingdom in February 1940, travelled across France, and arrived in Palestine on 20th February 1940, where they served as a garrison force. In May 1941, the Regiment were heavily involved in fighting in Iraq, where German supporting Rashid Ali had seized power in Baghdad. The enemy forces were overthrown and the Germans were forced to call a truce at the end of May. The action then moved towards Syria and at some point Alfred was killed. His death was thought to have been the result of a bomb blast. On 16th July 1941, the Hull Daily Mail reported Alfred’s death in action, on behalf of his wife and family .
DATE AND CLASSIFICATION OF DEATH 22nd June 1941 killed in action.
PLACE OF DEATH Iraq or Syria.
AGE AT DEATH 30
FAMILY INFORMATIO
NAME OF PARENTS Joseph Wiltshire and Alice Wiltshire nee Rodmell.
DATE AND PLACE OF PARENTS MARRIAGE 28th September 1903 in the Hull area.
SIBLINGS NAMES AND BIRTH DATES
Jane Elizabeth 1904, Ronald Archibald 1913, Joan Margaret 1916, Joseph Arthur 1918 and Frank 1921, all born in Hull, except Ronald who was born in Gibraltar.
SIBLINGS NOTE There may have been further siblings who were born and died overseas.
CENSUS 1911 Age under 1. Living with his mother and older sister in Army Quarters in Gibraltar. His father is a soldier in the Royal Engineers.
1939 REGISTER Alfred was living with his widowed mother and three of his siblings (two of their names are redacted), at Buena Vista, Cottingham Road, Hull. He was already a Trooper in the Life Guards.
DATE & PLACE OF MARRIAGE Mid-1939 in Hull.
NAME OF SPOUSE Marjorie Wise.
DETAILS OF CHILDREN None.
OTHER SUPPORTING FAMILY INFORMATION
Wife Marjorie married Ronald Will Clappison in mid-1948, in Hull. They had two children together. She died in Hull, aged 74, in mid-1988.
Father Joseph served in the Royal Engineers from 1899 and throughout the Great War. He was stationed in Gibraltar between 1910 and 1914. Joseph was discharged from the armed services in February 1920 as he was no longer fit to continue. He had contracted Malaria during 1919 while serving in Rangoon and the symptoms continued to affect him. He died at Buena Vista, Cottingham Road, Hull, aged 56, on 12th December 1935.
Mother Alice was living at 215 Bricknell Avenue, Hull, when she died in Broadgate Hospital in Walkington, Yorkshire, aged 84, on 23rd January 1966.
Sister Jane died in Hull, aged 17, in early 1922.
Brother Ronald was living with his mother in 1939 and working as a Heavy Haulage Driver. He married a trained Nurse, Mary Ellen White, in early 1941 in Hull. They had at least one child together. In 2003, Ronald was on the electoral roll at 9 New Princes Avenue, Hedon, East Yorkshire. He died there, aged 90, in the first three months of the year.
Sister Joan married Arthur Lambert Thoresby in mid-1937, in Hull. They had at least one child together. She died at 215 Bricknell Avenue, Hull, aged 72, on 5th December 1988.
Alfred's remaining siblings may potentially be still alive and are therfore not included here.
Inscription
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SYRIA AND THE LEBANON
1941-1945
THE LIFE GUARDS
CORPORAL | TROOPER
KENNEDY E.C. | WILTSHIRE A.G.
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