BAGNALL+A.

Bagnall, Alfred, Private, 64977, Royal Army Medical Corps Born Normanton, Derby Enlisted Derby Killed in action France and Flanders 22nd April 1917

16th Field Ambulance Aged 20 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bagnall, of 45, Brunswick Street, Derby Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension, II, B, 5

Employed as a springmaker’s assistant, Carriage and Wagon Department, Midland Railway, Derby

Service record from the National Archives (available from www.ancestry.co.uk)

Enlisted at Derby 9th October 1915 5 feet 5¾ inches in height

1911 Census: Alfred Bagnall was aged 13 years old, and was still at school. He was the son of Daniel Bagnall, a railway coach painter's labourer, and Ellen Bagnall. They resided at 35, Derby Street, Derby.