Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Alfred HALLSWORTH
Private 23277 Alfred HALLSWORTH
16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Killed in Action, Tuesday 11th April 1916, France, age 23
| Home address: | 4 Elizabeth Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1893, Denton, Lancashire |
| Parents: | Maria Hallsworth and Henry Hallsworth 4 Elizabeth Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Piecer Cotton Mill |
| Enlisted: | Stalybridge, Lancashire |
| Remembered: | Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Pas de Calais, France, plot II, row D, grave 8. |
| Link to Hyde: | Lived in Hyde |
His Last Letter Home:
Dear Mother,
I write these lines to let you know that I am alright at present, and hoping that you are the same. I received your kind and welcome letter, with post card. I was just going to the trenches again when I received the letter, and when I read it, it upset me. I have been in the trenches for five days and have come out alright once again. I was very sorry about our John's death. I have received your parcel. I don't know how long it has been here.
I write these lines to let you know that I am alright at present, and hoping that you are the same. I received your kind and welcome letter, with post card. I was just going to the trenches again when I received the letter, and when I read it, it upset me. I have been in the trenches for five days and have come out alright once again. I was very sorry about our John's death. I have received your parcel. I don't know how long it has been here.
Brother to Private 25806 John Hallsworth. They died within a month of each other.